How Nous Research announced its Series B on X
254K views, ranked 1355 of the 1981 launches we track. Reach and saves both sit close to where the rest of this list sits.
As reported in the @WSJ, we have raised a Series B to bring Hermes Agent to new frontiers (and, yes, build a mobile app) Thank you to our investors including @nvidia @M12vc @SamsungNext @robotventures @usv @ycombinator @MenloVentures, among others
How it compares
A launch means nothing against no one. These are the launches it is actually comparable to, and where this one sits among them.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funding announcement the same kind of announcement | 247 | 419K | 0.6x | 147 |
| over 100K followers accounts of a similar size | 611 | 1.4M | 0.2x | 533 |
| Every launch all of them, for scale | 1981 | 688K | 0.4x | 1355 |
What this launch shows
The post went out from an account with 284K followers and was seen by fewer people than follow the account. The median for over 100K followers is 2.4 times, so this one stayed closer to home than most.
It ranks 533 of 611 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 688K views, at rank 1355 of 1981.
Replies led. 368 of them, 14.5 per 10,000 views against a median of 2.3. The post started a conversation, and the ranking model pays for conversation with reach in the hours after.
Bookmarks came in at 391, reposts at 299. One bookmark for every 10.4 likes is a low ratio for a launch, and reads as entertainment more than intent.
The first line is “As reported in the @WSJ, we have raised a Series B to bring Hermes Agent to new frontiers…”.
It carries an image and no video. 92% of launches in the directory carry a video, so this is the rarer choice, and the few image launches that travelled did it on the strength of the image.
The copy runs 42 words, about the usual length for a launch post here, where the median is 41. The body carries a link, so the post had somewhere to send the reader and paid a little reach for it.
It went out on a Wednesday. Launches posted on a Wednesday have a median of 721K views in the directory, and Friday is the strongest day at 880K.
How to announce a funding round covers this: the round is the news and the post has to turn it into customers and hires. For the next one, read giving people something to reply to: the conversation is what carried this one.
Whether a launch needs a video is the guide for it: 99% of the launches in the directory carry one, and the guide is about when the 1% is the right call.
Questions about this launch
When did Nous Research launch?
Nous Research posted the launch on X on 7 October 2026.
How many views did the Nous Research launch post get?
254,427 views at the last read, ranked 1355 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 1 times the account's following.
Who posted the Nous Research launch?
@NousResearch, which has 284K followers.
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