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Our CEO @dillonrolnick sat down with @eastdakota, CEO of @Cloudflare, for a wide-ranging conversation about agents, the future of the internet, and the fight for digital sovereignty.
Thanks to the @usv team for hosting!
Yesterday AI was used to uncover major vulnerabilities in the infrastructure of the internet.
It's yet another example of how profoundly AI is reshaping the web.
But what emerges on the other side is very much up for grabs.
We were lucky enough to recently introduce two heroes of the Rebel Alliance
@eastdakota, CEO & cofounder of @Cloudflare
@dillonrolnick, CEO & cofounder of @NousResearch, the creators of Hermes, the largest open source agent harness in the world.
Together they discussed who gets to build, control, and benefit from an internet run by AI
It's worth a listen if you care about the future of the web.
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1:41 From a Discord Group to an AI Lab
8:45 Can Anyone Actually Pause AI?
12:59 Would You Trust an Agent With Your Inbox?
14:58 Why Matthew Wouldn’t Trade Places With Sam or Dario
20:28 The Dead Internet Theory Was Wrong
22:28 Agents Don’t Click Ads. Who Pays?
30:38 Where Should Your Agent Actually Run?
32:32 Why American Builders Are Using Chinese Models
38:37 What Happens When Our Agents Work Together?
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Jensen closed his GTC Berlin 2026 keynote with this Hermes Agent demo as the finale.
He introduced it by saying the way to build an agent is to ask an agent to build it for you, so he installed and set up a customized Hermes in one prompt.
Then he used Hermes, running on @nvidia RTX Spark, to create a simulated training environment for the @huggingface Microduck. Hermes planned an obstacle course with Nemotron and had GPT-6 Astra build it using FreeCAD, Omniverse libraries, Blender, Newton, and Isaac Lab. Hermes trained thousands of simulated ducks on that course until the validated policy was ready to run on the real robot in the physical world.
At Nous, we believe open source is a practical tool as much as a philosophical ideal. It gives users the ability to build powerful, complex workflows chaining numerous local+cloud models, devices, and tools themselves instead of waiting for a company to enable them.
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Hermes Agent is the best place to use the new @NVIDIAAI Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and Bolt models.
NVIDIA benchmarked Super VL on Hermes Bench with a score of 63.44, and compared to similar local models it has up to 5x the token throughput.
Hermes Bench mentioned 👀
How we built Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, including its post-training approach, multi-token prediction, and inference optimizations: nvda.ws/3Wqw7i6
As always, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is open and customizable. This includes weights, data and recipes. Available now on @huggingface → huggingface.co/nvidia/NVIDIA…
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Wild MISSINGNO. appeared!
A coding and agentic reasoning model that is highly token efficient, free for a limited time on Nous Portal
Try it out in your Hermes Agent today
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Step 5 Preview from @StepFun_ai is free on Nous Portal for the next week
600B total / 27B active MoE, 1M context, with vision
Step 5 Preview scored 33.89 on Hermes Index, the same score as GPT-6 Luna
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Hermes Agent is now live (and featured) in the @Microsoft Store for seamless one-click install.
More updates for the Windows ecosystem coming soon!
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Advancing our mission to deliver ubiquitous powerful agents to everyone, Hermes Agent is on the new ASUS ProArt RTX Spark PCs: MuseTree and ComfyUI integrations plus local model support on up to 128 GB of unified memory.
A complete creative stack that runs on your own machine.
Ubiquitous AI for everyone—from cloud to edge. Powered by NVIDIA & Hermes AI, the new RTX Spark PC ProArt P16 & P14 bring next-gen Edge AI solutions to creators.
Learn more👉lnkd.in/gvBhT3N3
@NousResearch
@dillonrolnick
#ASUS #ProArt #NVIDIARTXSpark #HermesAgent
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We're thrilled to be leading the Series B for @NousResearch, alongside @nvidia, @M12vc, and @ycombinator.
Many want to regulate or ban open-weight models. But demand for open frontier intelligence is insatiable. Enterprises and users alike want an agent that grows alongside them, and that's exactly what Hermes Agent does.
In just six months, Hermes Agent drives > 2.5% of all tokens consumed globally. Hermes itself has been cloned over 24 million times.
We're proud to be working with @dillonrolnick, @karan4d, @Teknium, and the team to make sovereign intelligence available to everyone.
As reported in the @WSJ, we have raised a Series B to bring Hermes Agent to new frontiers (and, yes, build a mobile app)
Thank you to our investors including @nvidia @M12vc @SamsungNext @robotventures @usv @ycombinator @MenloVentures, among others
wsj.com/pro/venture-capital/…
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sharing my thoughts on our recent fundraise.
we did alright for a couple of goofballs
nousresearch.com/a-note-on-o…
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As reported in the @WSJ, we have raised a Series B to bring Hermes Agent to new frontiers (and, yes, build a mobile app)
Thank you to our investors including @nvidia @M12vc @SamsungNext @robotventures @usv @ycombinator @MenloVentures, among others
wsj.com/pro/venture-capital/…
sharing my thoughts on our recent fundraise.
we did alright for a couple of goofballs
nousresearch.com/a-note-on-o…
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It was fun to work on this project. Check out our new benchmark for agentic performance!
Introducing Hermes Index: an average of benchmarks measuring model performance in Hermes Agent.
Our goal with Hermes Index is to better inform users choosing between models and to show labs how they perform in Hermes.
portal.nousresearch.com/benc…
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it has been incredibly rewarding and difficult to put this together, i’m so happy we can finally put it out into the world!!
huge thanks to the entire post training team for their efforts ❤️
Introducing Hermes Index: an average of benchmarks measuring model performance in Hermes Agent.
Our goal with Hermes Index is to better inform users choosing between models and to show labs how they perform in Hermes.
portal.nousresearch.com/benc…
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congrats to Opus 5.5 for the W and congrats to Grok 4.7, DeepSeek 4.1 Flash, and Gemini Flash 3.8 for being the biggest skillsbench cheaters. utterly shameless.
this was a big lift and a team effort, happy we got it shipped for yall 🫡
Introducing Hermes Index: an average of benchmarks measuring model performance in Hermes Agent.
Our goal with Hermes Index is to better inform users choosing between models and to show labs how they perform in Hermes.
portal.nousresearch.com/benc…