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Nous Research news from AI News Page: the $90M raise, open-source assistant Hermes, and the open-box challenge to closed giants.

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Satirical cartoon: a tiny open cardboard box labeled 'HERMES', stuffed with an overflowing gold '$90M' money sack and sprouting red boxing gloves, scurries on little legs toward three gigantic padlocked black crates.

THE $90M UNDERDOG

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  1. Oct 13, 2026

    24 MILLION COPIES OF A FREE AI AGENT — NOW IT SELLS TO YOUR BOSS

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  2. Oct 13, 2026

    NVIDIA, SAMSUNG AND TRUMP JR.'S FIRM JUST BET $90M ON THE OPEN-SOURCE UNDERDOG

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  3. Oct 10, 2026

    THE UNCENSORED AI LAB JUST RAISED $90M AT $1.5 BILLION

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  4. Oct 9, 2026

    24 MILLION CLONES. 2.5% OF THE WORLD'S AI TOKENS.

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