Nous Research raises $90 million at a $1.5 billion valuation and launches business AI agents

TechCrunch reports that Nous Research, the developer of Hermes, raised a $90 million Series B, reached a $1.5 billion valuation and launched AI agents for businesses. A user sharing the report describes Hermes as open-source and says the business agents can handle multistep tasks without company data leaving the business.