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  "id": 1536,
  "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation",
  "title": "Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation",
  "summary": "The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.",
  "authors": "Ivan Mehta, Marina Temkin",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "agents-autonomy,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-13T23:31:18.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:04:12.223Z",
  "source_slug": "techcrunch-ai",
  "source_name": "TechCrunch",
  "source_homepage": "https://techcrunch.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1536",
  "original_url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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