Nous Research成功筹集了9000万美元，用于开发其开源AI助手Hermes的企业版。据该公司首席执行官Dillon Rolnick在官网发布的公告，参与投资的机构包括英伟达、微软M12、三星、Robot Ventures、Union Square Ventures、Y Combinator以及Menlo Ventures等。
Nous Research has raised $90M to build a business version of Hermes, its open-source AI agent. Nvidia, Microsoft’s M12, Samsung, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator and Menlo Ventures are among the investors, chief executive Dillon Rolnick wrote in a note on the company’s website.
据《华尔街日报》报道，此轮融资后Nous Research的估值达到15亿美元，不过该公司并未对外公布具体估值数据。Rolnick在公告中称：“如今在融资市场上，9000万美元的额度其实算不上多。而我们Nous Research始终秉持着‘用更少的资源创造更多价值’的理念。”
The round values Nous at $1.5bn, The Wall Street Journal reported, which first broke the news. Nous did not give a valuation. “Somehow, $90 million is modest in modern fundraising. We at Nous have always delivered more with less,” Rolnick wrote.
Nous Research成立于2023年，创立初衷是为了对抗当前AI行业日益集中的垄断化趋势。最初该公司对Meta开发的Llama系列模型进行微调，使其能更好地贴合不同用户的使用偏好；此外还推出了名为YaRN的技术方案，可帮助开源模型以更低的成本实现更长的上下文处理长度。
From fine-tuned models to an agent Nous formed in 2023 to push back against what it calls a trend towards centralised, walled-off AI. It started by fine-tuning Meta’s Llama models so they follow the views of each user, Rolnick wrote. It also published YaRN, a method that gives open models longer context windows at lower cost.
今年2月，Nous Research以MIT许可协议的形式发布了Hermes。该AI助手能够记录用户处理过的项目内容，在工作过程中自动生成可复用的功能模块，还允许用户自行选择运行所需的模型。根据其官网介绍，Hermes可兼容macOS、Windows和Linux系统，还能通过Telegram、Slack、WhatsApp等应用端使用。
Nous released Hermes under the MIT licence in February. The agent remembers projects, writes reusable skills as it works and lets users choose which models it runs. It works on macOS, Windows and Linux, and through apps such as Telegram, Slack and WhatsApp, according to its website.
据Nous Research披露，目前Hermes的克隆版本下载量已突破2400万次；据其内部测算，全球范围内所有AI模型生成的文本中，约有2.5%是由Hermes生成的。《华尔街日报》则报道称，自2月发布以来，Hermes的下载量已超过2200万次。
People have cloned Hermes more than 24 million times, Nous said. By its own internal estimates, the agent drives about 2.5% of all global token usage. The Journal reported more than 22 million downloads since February.
此次筹集的资金将全部用于Hermes企业版的研发。Nous Research表示，企业版将支持企业根据自身预算和使用需求灵活选择适配的模型，同时保障企业AI使用数据的隐私性，还能让企业完全拥有自身沉淀的业务知识数据。
Hermes for Businesses The money will go into Hermes for Businesses. Nous says it will let companies choose models by price and goal, keep their AI use private and own their company knowledge. Personal AI agents have drawn large sums this year.
今年以来，个人类AI助手赛道备受资本青睐：Instinct获得了10亿美元融资，融资后公司估值达100亿美元，其开发的AI助手可自动为餐厅完成订位服务；9月Meta也推出了名为Muse的AI助手；英伟达同样基于开源的OpenClaw AI助手搭建了面向企业端的服务平台。
Instinct raised $1bn at a $10bn valuation for an agent that rings restaurants itself. In September, Meta launched its Muse agent. Nvidia has also built an enterprise platform on the open-source OpenClaw agent.