Hermes Agent v0.20.0 'The Herald Release' & $75M Funding

Nous Research’s v0.20.0 release introduced streaming speech, wake words, A2A, desktop plugins, citations, and signed webhooks. The company raised $75M at a $1.5B valuation while Hermes reported 225k+ GitHub stars and 33.1T lifetime tokens across 407 models, sustaining major commercialization and adoption momentum.