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IndustryWednesday, October 7, 2026
ASUS opened pre-order for ProArt P16/P14 RTX Spark Windows PCs (NVIDIA RTX Spark, up to 1 petaflop local AI, 128GB unified memory) bundled with ComfyUI and Nous Hermes Agent.
First clear OEM bundle. Local Hermes is leaving “install script on a VPS” and showing up on a creative-workstation SKU.
IndustryOct 8
Nous Research announced Hermes Agent on the new ASUS ProArt RTX Spark PCs (P16 and P14). The stack pairs Hermes with a dedicated MuseTree skill (FLUX image, Wan video) and ComfyUI control, plus local models on up to 128 GB unified memory. ASUS press (Oct 7–8) says pre-orders are open, first US units Oct 16, NVIDIA RTX Spark up to ~1 PFLOP FP4, and quotes Dillon Rolnick on keeping workflows on-device. Teknium clarified related creative tooling is a catalog plugin, not something that ships inside Hermes itself.
IndustryOct 22
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang closed his GTC Berlin 2026 keynote by installing and customizing Hermes Agent in one prompt, then using it (running on RTX Spark) to design a simulated training environment for Hugging Face’s Microduck robot. Hermes planned an obstacle course, orchestrated multiple models and tools (FreeCAD, Omniverse, Blender, Newton, Isaac Lab), trained thousands of simulated ducks, and prepared a policy for the physical robot.
IndustryNov 7
Analyst post notes OpenClaw (~394k stars) + Hermes (~260k) account for 35.79% of stars in Agent Radar’s tracked cohort. OpenClaw leads cumulative attention; Hermes leads recent absolute additions. Caveats on non-unique users and that stars ≠ execution quality or retention.
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