Nous Research raises $90 million in Series B to bring Hermes to businesses

The Wall Street Journal reports Nous Research raised $90 million at a $1.5 billion valuation to expand its open-source Hermes AI assistant to businesses. The Journal says Hermes has been downloaded more than 22 million times since February. Nous confirmed the Series B and said it plans to build a mobile app, naming Nvidia and Microsoft’s M12 among its investors.