Dillon Rolnick on Open AI Agent Foundations

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Dillon Rolnick in a blue T-shirt against black beside the headline “OPEN AGENT FOUNDATIONS”.
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    Nous Research CEO Dillon Rolnick argues that competition and infrastructure costs give AI companies incentives to seek stronger positions with business usersEnterprise AI is the use of AI systems within organizations under business, security, governance and operational requirements.. He presents potential vendor dependence and replacement as risks, while offering these as predictions rather than established outcomes.

    Rolnick describes agents as systems combining data, code and model reasoningAn AI agent harness is the software framework that packages a model with tools, instructions, context management, execution controls, and user interaction., and advocates open foundations that organizations can modify and change. His discussion also promotes Nous Research’s Hermes Agent and reflects the perspective of its provider.

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    Dillon Rolnick in a blue T-shirt against black beside the headline “OPEN AGENT FOUNDATIONS”. With WWW.ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE.VIDEO, 4 November 2026 and duration 15m 13s.

    Dillon Rolnick argues that businesses should build AI agents on foundations they can control.