Nous Research
Austin, Texas, United States · Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Nous Research is a leader in the development of human-centric simulators and models. Our primary focus areas include large language model architecture, data synthesis, and output steering, all aimed at aligning AI systems with real-world user experiences. We prioritize the development of open-source, human-compatible language models, which challenge the conventional closed-model approach. This
Key facts
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Employees
- 48
- Industries
- Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Status
- Private
- Website
- nousresearch.com
- Company page
Recent activity at Nous Research
Nous Research funding history
| Date | Round | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Series B | $90.0M |
| Apr 2025 | Series A | $50.0M |
Leadership
- Jeffrey Quesnelle, Founder
- Dillon Rolnick, Chief Operating Officer
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Nous Research in the news
- The open-source AI agent 'Hermes Agent' has become so popular that it has been downloaded more than 24 million times, leading its developer, Nous Research, to raise approximately 14.2 billion yen to expand its business to enterprise clients. - GIGAZINE (Oct 08, 2026)
- Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw: Which AI Agent Framework Wins in 2026? - HackerNoon (May 12, 2026)
- Nous Research's Hermes 4 challenges AI norms - VentureBeat (Aug 28, 2025)
- Nous Research Updates Hermes Agent With a Blank Slate Mode That Pins Toolsets via platform_toolsets.cli and disabled_toolsets - MarkTechPost (Jun 20, 2026)
- Nous Chat debuts Hermes 3-70B LLM access - VentureBeat (Nov 07, 2024)
- Meta releases AI model 'Hermes 3', a fine-tuned version of its large-scale language model 'Llama 3.1' - GIGAZINE (Aug 19, 2024)
- Nous Research Team Releases Hermes 4: A Family of Open-Weight AI Models with Hybrid Reasoning - MarkTechPost (Aug 27, 2025)
- Nous Research Releases NousCoder-14B: A Competitive Olympiad Programming Model Post-Trained on Qwen3-14B via Reinforcement Learning - MarkTechPost (Jan 18, 2026)
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About Nous Research: questions and answers
What does Nous Research do?
Nous Research is a leader in the development of human-centric simulators and models. Our primary focus areas include large language model architecture, data synthesis, and output steering, all aimed at aligning AI systems with real-world user experiences. We prioritize the development of open-source, human-compatible language models, which challenge the conventional closed-model approach. This
Where is Nous Research headquartered?
Nous Research is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States.
How many employees does Nous Research have?
Nous Research has about 48 employees.
Has Nous Research raised funding?
Yes. Fundz has recorded 2 funding events for Nous Research. The most recent, Series B of $90.0M, was in Oct 2026.
Who leads Nous Research?
Jeffrey Quesnelle is a Founder at Nous Research.
What is the latest news on Nous Research?
On Oct 07, 2026, Nous Research raises $90 million Series B led by Robot Ventures to build open, competitive AI
Source: Fundz records from SEC filings, press releases and company announcements. How Fundz measures data accuracy