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 Apr 25, 2025    |    7 months ago

Nous Research Raises $50M in Series A from Paradigm, Hits $1B Valuation

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In a major win for decentralized AI, Nous Research has secured a $50 million Series A funding round led by Paradigm, catapulting the company to a $1 billion valuation.

 

 

The team is leveraging the Solana blockchain to build powerful, open-source Large Language Models (LLMs), like the acclaimed Hermes 3, through a global network of idle compute and distributed power.

 

 

This milestone highlights the growing potential of decentralized AI infrastructure, with Nous Research at the forefront. Kudos to the team, including Jeffrey Quesnelle, Max Shapiro, CFA, CPA, and Shivani Mitra, for driving this innovation forward.

 

 

In other funding news, Bitcoin programmability platform Arch Network raised $13 million in a Series A round led by Pantera Capital, while security abstraction layer Catalyst secured $1.25 million in a pre-seed round led by Hashed Emergent.

 

 

Additionally, modular confidential computing Layer-1 blockchain Inco raised $5 million, backed by a16z crypto (CSX) and other notable investors like Coinbase Ventures and 1kx.

 

 

The future of AI and blockchain integration looks increasingly decentralized, with Nous Research paving the way on Solana. What’s next for this ecosystem?

 

 


 

 

 

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