# Hermes Agent Specialists in New York > Ential's Hermes Agent specialists serve New York from its Brisbane HQ. We install and tune the open-source agent on your own hardware. Canonical page (authoritative, may be newer than this text): https://www.ential.com/hermes-specialist-new-york --- ### New York never really clocks off, and a well-built Hermes install does not either. As Hermes Agent specialists in New York, Ential sets up the MIT-licensed agent from Nous Research on a machine you own, then connects it to your email, calendar, CRM and accounting. It runs scheduled jobs, remembers context between conversations and reports back on Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp or text. The city runs on long days, and the admin tends to land after them. Hermes picks that work up: overnight research on tomorrow's meetings, a 7am brief, follow-ups drafted and waiting for approval. Ential runs its own business this way through Donna, a Hermes setup, so the jobs we build for you are ones we already depend on. We work with brokerages, agencies, real estate teams and professional-service firms from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Pricing is agreed before we start, and you own every skill, schedule and connection we build. [Enquire about Hermes Agent Specialists](#enquire) [Get your free audit](/audit) [Or explore our New York services](/services) Trusted by teams you know HERMES AGENT SPECIALISTS IN NEW YORK ## What You Get With Ential ### Tomorrow's Prep Done While You Sleep Hermes runs on a schedule, not on your attention. Each evening it can pull tomorrow's meetings, research who you are seeing, check the CRM for open threads and deliver a brief before you reach the subway. You start the day prepared, and nobody on your team gave up their evening to make it happen. ### A Flat Model Bill Instead of a Running Meter Metered API usage adds up fast when an agent works all day. We sign Hermes in to your ChatGPT plan so routine use counts against the subscription, add cheaper open models for bulk sorting and set a fallback chain. Costs stay predictable, and a busy month does not produce a surprise invoice. ### Guardrails Your Compliance Lead Can Sign Off Financial and legal firms answer to regulators and clients. We set Hermes to draft rather than send, require approval for anything irreversible, restrict who can message it and log what it does. The security write-up we hand over shows how those controls sit alongside your NYDFS or SHIELD Act obligations. WHY NEW YORK BUSINESSES CHOOSE ENTIAL New York is the city that never sleeps, and its businesses run the same way. From Wall Street to the five boroughs, the pace is relentless and the margin for wasted time is zero. We work with New York firms and build AI to soak up the busywork, so businesses here can keep moving at the speed the city expects without simply adding headcount. [Enquire about Hermes Agent Specialists in New York](#enquire) 90-day measurement gate Senior engineers, no handoffs Full IP ownership Outcome-based pricing ## Who We Work With in New York The businesses that get the fastest, clearest return from putting AI to work. [AgenciesMarketing and creative agencies automating reporting, onboarding and delivery.](/industries/agencies) [Mortgage BrokersBrokers automating application chasing, document collection and client updates.](/industries/mortgage-brokers) [Real Estate & Buyers' AgentsAgents automating listings, enquiry follow-up, research, shortlisting and contracts at volume.](/industries/real-estate-agents) [Trade BusinessesTrades automating quoting, scheduling and invoicing so the office keeps up with the tools.](/industries/tradies) ### Online Professional Services Service businesses turning manual delivery into repeatable, automated systems. ### Consultants Consultants and advisors productising their expertise with AI. PROVEN RESULTS ## Work That Delivers Measurable Impact 15 BUSINESS DAYS IN THE OPPORTUNITY MAP Measured AGAINST AGREED BASELINES 90-day MEASUREMENT AND DECISION GATE 2-week SPRINT CADENCE GET STARTED ## Ready to Put Hermes Agent to Work in New York? We live and breathe Hermes Agent all day, every day. Tell us about your team and we'll come back within 24 hours with a tailored plan. ### What we tailor to your team Installed on hardware you own, with your data staying put Powered by a flat subscription instead of a metered API bill Your inbox, calendar, CRM and books connected and signed in The recurring business automations running before we leave [View client case studies](/case-studies) Talk to our Hermes Agent specialists Tell us about your team and we'll come back within 24 hours. First name Last name Work email Phone Title Team size Select a range 1 to 5 people 6 to 20 people 21 to 50 people 51 to 200 people 200+ people Company website (optional) Additional comments Submit enquiry This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) and [Terms of Service](https://policies.google.com/terms) apply. ## Frequently Asked Questions What does a Hermes Agent specialist actually do? We handle the parts that stall most self-installs: choosing the hardware, signing in the models, connecting inbox, calendar, CRM and accounting, and writing the scheduled jobs and skills. Then we set permissions, test the failure cases and train your team. You end up with a working agent instead of an unfinished weekend project. Who builds Hermes Agent? Nous Research, an AI lab known for its open Hermes language models. The agent is open source under the MIT licence and developed in public on GitHub with a large contributor community. Ential is not affiliated with Nous Research. We are an independent firm that installs and runs Hermes for businesses. Do you work with businesses in New York? Yes. Ential works with businesses across New York. The agent runs your scheduled jobs on Eastern time. Does Hermes suit a regulated New York firm? Yes, with the right setup. Hermes can run on your own server so memory and credentials stay under your control. For firms supervised by NYDFS, or holding New York residents' private information under the SHIELD Act, we document where data flows, restrict access and route sensitive tasks to the model provider your policies approve. How much does it cost to run Hermes each month? The software is free. Running costs are the machine it lives on and your model access. Many setups run on an existing ChatGPT plan, which keeps usage flat within that plan's limits. Our setup fee is fixed and agreed in writing after the free audit, so there is no hourly meter on our side either. Can Hermes message us on the apps we already use? Yes. Its gateway supports 20+ platforms, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, SMS and email. In New York we usually suggest Slack for team jobs and Telegram or text for the owner's personal brief. Access is locked to an allowlist, so strangers cannot talk to your agent. What is the learning loop? After a complex task, Hermes can write a skill: a saved procedure it reuses next time. It refines that skill as it runs, so the 10th month-end report goes smoother than the first. We seed your key skills at setup and review what it adds, so it learns your way of working rather than drifting. How is Hermes different from ChatGPT? ChatGPT is an app you open and prompt. Hermes is an agent that can use ChatGPT's models as its brain while running on your own machine, holding long-term memory, working on a schedule and taking actions in your tools. You can keep using ChatGPT directly and let Hermes carry the recurring jobs. What happens when something breaks? We design for it. A fallback model covers rate limits, jobs report failures instead of failing silently, and the service restarts after updates. Every job and skill is documented at handover. Ongoing support is available if you want us keeping watch, but the setup is built so your own team can run it. Where should we start? With a free audit. We map where your people lose hours, pick the jobs Hermes should own first and agree the outcome before any work begins. Ential works with owner-led businesses, and the first Hermes job we recommend is usually the morning brief or inbox triage, because you feel the difference the next day. ## Where to Go Next ### See Where AI Pays Off First A free audit that scores 5 departments and ranks the automations worth building by the hours and dollars they give back. [Start the free audit](/audit) ### Get Strategy, Build and Training From One Team The plan, the working software and a team that knows how to run it, without juggling 3 vendors. [View our services](/services) ### Put a Number on the Hours You Get Back Drag the slider, then open the full calculator with your number already in it. 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