What it sells
Open-source AI agents for businesses.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedDevelopers and individual power users who install Hermes Agent (open source, MIT) and pay for Nous Portal credits; businesses would buy through Portal subscription. No separate enterprise buyer is named on the site.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
UnverifiedWanting an open, self-improving agent harness that runs on your own machine or cloud without lock-in to one frontier lab; Portal offers one account for 300+ models, hosted tools and agent cloud hosting.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Hermes Agent runs on the user machine or cloud, builds skills from experience, remembers across sessions, reachable via messaging apps.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Open-source (MIT) agent funded by Nous Portal: one account for 300+ models, bundled tools and cloud hosting billed to credits.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Free install via terminal or desktop app, Microsoft Store listing, Portal sign-up.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | — | — | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-08 | — | $90M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-08 | — | $90M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-08 | — | $90M | Nvidia, Y Combinator | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-08 | — | $90M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-07 | — | $90M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-07 | — | $90M | — | news.google.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-17.