Nous Research

Nous Research

New York, NY, USA
52 employees
AI
Series A · $70M

About Nous Research

Nous Research is a leader in the American open-source AI movement, training world-class open-source language models and building infrastructure to coordinate distributed, unbiased AI training. The company focuses on model architecture, data synthesis, fine-tuning, and reasoning to develop human-centric language models — including its flagship Hermes series — and also leverages blockchain technology to enable decentralized, community-driven AI training.

Company details

Team Size52
LocationNew York, NY, USA
IndustryAI

Funding

Total raised

$70M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

Paradigm
DDistributed Global
OSS Capital
DDelphi Digital
NNorth Island Ventures

Founders

KM

Karan Malhotra

Co-founder of Nous Research, described as crypto-native. Spoke to Fortune about the project's decentralized AI vision.

Jeffrey Quesnelle

Jeffrey Quesnelle

Holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Previously Director of Software Development at Intrepid Control Systems and Principal Engineer at Eden Network.

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Shivani Mitra

Shivani Mitra

Co-founder of Nous Research, incorporated in 2023 alongside Jeffrey Quesnelle, Karan Malhotra, and Teknium.

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.