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Nous Research
IndustryArtificial intelligence
Founded
  • 2022 (informally)
  • 2023 (formally)
Founders
  • Jeff Quesnelle (CEO)
  • Karan Malhotra (Head of Behavior)
  • Teknium (Head of Post Training)
  • Shivani Mitra
ProductsHermes, DiStrO
Websitenousresearch.com

Nous Research is an artificial intelligence company and open-source research organization focusing on decentralized AI.[1]

Nous Research was founded in 2022 as a group of researchers who met on various social media website, including Discord and Twitter.[1] It was founded formally in 2023 by Karan Malhotra, Shivani Mitra, Jeffrey Quesnelle, and "Teknium".[2] Quesnelle, the CEO, is a practicing Catholic who seeks to use faith as a guide around AI ethical questions.[3][4]

Nous's software allows AI models to be trained by idle computing power, such as their own model, named Hermes.[1][5] The technology, named DisTrO[a] was published in August 2024 and enables compression of data between GPUs distributed throughout the world without prohibitive impacts on performance, rather than the traditional datacenter model. It also allows different models of GPUs to be used together, rather than being locked into traditional superclusters.[5][6] Nous also developed the Psyche Network, built on the Solana blockchain platform, allowing collaboration on AI training to resist censorship.[7] A paper released by the company together with OpenAI co-founder Diedrick Kingma has been used by Meta and DeepSeek in creation of their models.[2][1]

Nous raised $5.2 million in seed funding in January 2024.[8] A $50 million Series A round investment in 2025, mostly by Paradigm Operations, valued the company at $1 billion.[1]

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  1. ^ Distributed Training Over-the-Internet

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Schwartz, Leo (April 30, 2025). "Exclusive: Crypto VC giant Paradigm makes $50 million bet on decentralized AI startup Nous Research". Fortune Crypto. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Nous Research Raises $65M in Funding". FinSMEs. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  3. ^ "How to use AI as a Catholic". Unleash the Gospel. Archdiocese of Detroit. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Detroit Stories Episode 68: 'The Church and Artificial Intelligence' (PODCAST)". Detroit Catholic. Archdiocese of Detroit. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b Franzen, Carl (2 December 2024). "Nous Research is training an AI model using machines distributed across the internet". VentureBeat.
  6. ^ Franzen, Carl (27 August 2024). "'This could change everything!' Nous Research unveils new tool to train powerful AI models with 10,000x efficiency". VentureBeat.
  7. ^ Hunt, James; Khatri, Yogita (April 25, 2025). "Paradigm leads $50 million Series A round for decentralized AI project Nous Research". The Block. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  8. ^ Franzen, Carl (15 August 2024). "Meet Hermes 3, the powerful new open source AI model that has existential crises". VentureBeat. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
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  • Peng, Bowen; Quesnelle, Jeffery; Kingma, Diedrick (29 Nov 2024). "DeMo: Decoupled Momentum Optimization". arXiv:2411.19870 [cs.LG].
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