What does Nous Research do?
Nous Research is an open-source AI lab focused on advancing foundational AI models and human-centric simulators through a decentralized, community-driven approach. Its work includes the development of DisTrO technology which optimizes inter-GPU communication for efficient AI model training.
How much did they raise?
The company raised $65M in a Series A round, with Paradigm leading a $50M investment, and the remaining $15M coming from participants such as Together AI, Distributed Global, North Island Ventures, Delphi Digital, and Raj Gokal from a prior unannounced round.
What are their plans for the money?
With the new funds, Nous Research plans to expand its R&D initiatives, enhance its compute infrastructure for the Psyche Network, make strategic engineering hires, and accelerate the development of new AI models, potentially transforming decentralized AI training.
What have they achieved so far?
The company has already demonstrated significant progress by publishing influential research, including the DeMo paper in 2024 and the YaRN language model method in 2023, which has been widely cited and integrated into models from major players like Meta and DeepSeek.
