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We were building infra for OpenClaw, and today I just tried Hermes and holy shit

So, as some of you guys might have done, we started a hosting for Openclaw type of a business, and holy, this thing grew to 300k ARR and even got a YC interview.

Last week was a bit hectic. We got a no from YC, and I was just thinking reflecting on the feedback we got.

We were playing with this whole company brain thing as well. We are doing two pilots for that too.

It's a Saturday. I just installed Hermes agent because Open Router Hermes agent was overtaking Openclaw, and holy shit, Hermes agent is so underrated, so so much underrated. Now I am rethinking my company.

( 3 comments | 2 points | on HN )
Re:We were building infra for OpenClaw, and today I just tri... by josefcub on Saturday May 23, 2026 @12:15PM (#48248877)
Hermes Agent is really decent.

Don't rethink your entire company, offer your customers choice instead. Some may prefer OpenClaw and others might be better served with Hermes Agent or even a third type. If you can find the best use-cases for each, you can help customers decide what they need when they buy your service and get all of the customers instead of a subset.

Re:We were building infra for OpenClaw, and today I just tri... by LUmBULtERA on Monday May 25, 2026 @08:11AM (#48265922)
Loving Hermes at the moment, trying Honcho with it now to boost its memory capability. Interesting to see where these go the next few months.
Re:We were building infra for OpenClaw, and today I just tri... by thetwopct on Saturday May 30, 2026 @01:42AM (#48332990)
Why and how is it different exactly? Why holy shit?