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Nous Research seeks $1.5B funding at agent frontier
Jul 13, 2026SOURCE: techcrunch.com
SO WHAT
The window is narrowing: ownership of the thinking layer is being priced before the market fully understands what it has handed over.
The Hermes maker is in talks for new financing at a $1.5 billion valuation. Capital keeps flowing toward systems that externalize cognition, not just labor.
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