Nous Research
Nous Research builds open-source AI agents and decentralized infrastructure for developers and enterprises.
Raised $145M across disclosed rounds.[1][5][7]
Series B closed July 2026, led by Robot Ventures.[1][3][5][7]
post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.
Named investors include Paradigm, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, North Island Ventures, Delphi Ventures, OSS Capital, Distributed Global, Balaji Srinivasan.[1][5][6][7]
Jeffrey Quesnelle, Co-Founder[1][8][13]
Karan Malhotra, Co-Founder[1][8][13]
Ryan Teknium, Co-Founder[1][8][13]
Shivani Mitra, Co-Founder[1][8][13]
Dillon Rolnick, COO[8][13]
Hervé Bizira, Chief Product Officer[8][13]
Teknium, Head of Post Training Team[8][13]
OpenClaw · openclaw.ai · Direct competitor named in multiple sources; Hermes launched weeks after OpenClaw went viral as a rival with built-in skills.[1][3][4]
Virtuals Protocol · virtuals.io · Named together in market context as AI agent projects touching crypto markets, though Virtuals is crypto-first while Nous is AI-first.[7]
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Jul 2026 · techcrunch.com
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Jul 2026 · fortune.com
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Jul 2026 · theaiinsider.tech
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Jul 2026 · timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Jul 2026 · siliconangle.com
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Jul 2026 · kucoin.com
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Nous Research
Nous Research builds open-source AI agents and decentralized infrastructure for developers and enterprises.
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