# Dillon Rolnick (slim)

> Dillon Rolnick is CEO at Nous Research. Hermes Agent on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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CEO, Nous Research.

## What Dillon builds

- [Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.md), graded B, 68.2/100, in Personal assistants. Open-source personal agent from Nous Research that the owner runs on a computer or server. It answers on messaging apps, keeps memory between sessions, runs scheduled jobs and connects to accounts, models and MCP servers the owner configures. CEO, Nous Research, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Teknium](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/teknium/), Nous Research co-founder; Hermes Agent lead engineer

## Backed by

- [Robot Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/robot-ventures/)
- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)
- [Microsoft](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/microsoft/)
- [Samsung](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/samsung/)
- [Union Square Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/union-square-ventures/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Menlo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/menlo-ventures/)
- [Paradigm](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/paradigm/)
- [Distributed Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/distributed-global/)
- [North Island Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/north-island-ventures/)
- [Delphi Digital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/delphi-digital/)

## Questions

### Who is Dillon Rolnick?

Dillon Rolnick is CEO at Nous Research.

### What does Nous Research make?

Anchor Terminal lists Hermes Agent from Nous Research.

### Who has invested in Nous Research?

The sources our research read name Robot Ventures, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Samsung, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Menlo Ventures, Paradigm, Distributed Global, North Island Ventures and Delphi Digital.

### How are Dillon's tools graded?

Hermes Agent is graded B, 68.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://teknium.io
- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent
- https://x.com/Teknium
- https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/nousresearch
- https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com
- https://x.com/NousResearch
- https://nousresearch.com/contact

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.