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Startups & Venture·October 7, 2026·1 min read

Stuut, which uses AI agents to automate enterprise order-to-cash cycles and serves 150+ clients, raised a $52.5M Series B led by Insight, for $93M total funding

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Agentic automation is moving from demos to core finance plumbing — Stuut running order-to-cash for 150+ clients and pulling in $52.5M Series B is evidence. If you own AR or billing, you should be piloting at least one agent-based vendor this quarter or risk your process looking legacy in 12–18 months.

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Nous Research, which makes the open-source Hermes AI agent that has hit 22M+ downloads since February, raised $90M at a $1.2B valuation to expand to enterprises

A $90 million round at a $1.2 billion valuation on the back of 22 million Hermes downloads shows open-source agents are now credible enterprise contenders, not just hobbyist tools. If you’re buying assistants, you now have to weigh open-source stacks with services against closed platforms on control, cost, and roadmap leverage.