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Atropos
Open-source framework and environment hub for reinforcement-learning environments.
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Nous Research
Open AI lab behind the Atropos RL environments framework
Nous Research is an open-source AI lab known for the Hermes model family and Atropos, its open rollout framework for LLM reinforcement learning environments spanning code execution, tool calling, and multimodal tasks. It also builds Psyche for distributed training.
Atropos open-source RL environments framework
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| Website | nousresearch.com |
|---|---|
| Domains | Machine Learning, Environment Platforms |
| Location | New York |
| Team size | 11-25 |
| Founded | 2023 |
| Funding | Series A, $50M led by Paradigm (~$1B valuation, 2025) |
| Founders | Karan Malhotra @karan4d, Jeffrey Quesnelle @theemozilla, Teknium @Teknium1 |
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