Episode Details

Hermes Mixture of Agents: Build a Model Council That Beats Single Frontier Models (Goldy Bench #2)Hermes released Hermes Mixture of Agents, which the speaker integrates as a “Hermes Council Engine” tab inside their Agent OS to run a panel of frontier models (e.g., Opus 4.8 and GPT 5.5) that answer privately while a third “chair” model judges and fuses a better final response. They tested it across a 42-task leaderboard on Goldy Bench where Hermes Mixture of Agents ranks #2 overall, behind Fusion, and they show side-by-side examples versus Fusion and Claude Opus 4.8, claiming Hermes outputs are often less buggy and more usable. The episode argues to “stop chasing the model” and instead build swappable systems that squeeze more from existing models, and it promotes the Agent OS/AI Profit Boardroom bundle with the Mixture tab, Fusion and Sakana panels, shared memory dashboard, tutorials, coaching, and setup roadmap.00:00 Hermes Mixture Intro00:41 Council Engine Explained03:53 Leaderboard Results04:38 Showcase Game Outputs05:44 Fusion Comparison06:32 Opus Side By Side09:20 Stop Chasing Models10:08 Agent OS Workflow Demo11:36 Get The Agent OS12:06 Why Systems Win14:34 Recap Key Lessons15:41 Join The Community16:31 Final Thanks