Nous Research completed a $90 million financing round with a valuation of $1.5 billion

According to The Wall Street Journal, the developer of the open-source intelligent agent Hermes, Nous Research, announced the completion of a $90 million financing round at a valuation of $1.5 billion. The plan is to launch the open-source AI assistant tool to enterprise users.

The company previously launched the local and cloud-based AI agent Hermes, which has built-in skills such as searching, coding, and image understanding, and can automatically learn and expand its capabilities from user interactions.