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Nous Research raises $90M Series B, launches AI agents for enterprise workflows
Nous Research, maker of Hermes Agent, secured $90M Series B at $1.5B valuation and released business-focused AI agents. The startup targets enterprise automation workflows beyond consumer chatbots.
WHY IT MATTERS
Sustained venture funding for specialized AI-agent vendors signals BFSI and enterprise buyers are moving beyond LLM experiments toward production automation, driving competition with in-house builds.
Source: TechCrunch AI · 2026-10-07