Hermes Agent

AI Market Atlas · by Pro Pluribus

Nous Research

Viral / trending Personal and computer-use agentsupdated 16 Oct 2026

Open-source, always-on agent that writes its own skills. Nous Research raised $90M at a reported $1.5B (7 Oct).

What it offers

Main offerings
Hermes Agent
Self-hosted, with a desktop app and Bot Mode (August); 200k+ GitHub stars.

Recent news

  • Nous Research raises $90M Series B at a reported $1.5B for HermesFunds Hermes for Businesses; WSJ puts annualized revenue near $36M.The Next Web ↗
  • Nous ships Bot Mode for Hermes AgentNamed bots with their own memory and skills hand off work to each other, matching Grok Bot-style teams in open sourceMarkTechPost ↗
  • Nous Research in talks to raise at $1.5B valuationInvestors are backing a free, open-source agent, with a round led by Robot Ventures and USVTechCrunch ↗
  • Hermes Agent hits about 99K stars in 8 weeks after February launchFastest-growing open-source agent framework of 2026Dealroom ↗

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