Stage introduction of the final talk of the day (Nous Research CEO)
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MC Alex Lieberman uses one sentence to open the last talk of day one, welcoming Nous Research CEO Dillon Rolnick to the stage for the “Hermes gives you wings” closing keynote.
- The audience Q&A after Pim de Witte’s General Intuition keynote closed at [07:47:50 | 4:35:42 PM] with “Have a good one.” That closing line is the tail of segment 047 and the first line of this transcript file.
- One second later, MC Alex Lieberman delivered the segment’s only on-mic line: he asked the room to “welcome to the stage the CEO of Noose Research, Dylan Rolnick.”
- “Noose Research” and “Dylan Rolnick” are automatic-transcription spellings. The official agenda confirms the speaker is Dillon Rolnick, CEO of Nous Research, presenting “Hermes gives you wings: Build on open foundations.”
- The hand-off rolls straight into that keynote (segment 049), which on the actual stream ran 4:35–4:51 PM ET — far ahead of the agenda’s printed 5:06–5:24 PM slot.
Key lessons
Section titled “Key lessons”- The MC compressed the day’s final hand-off into a single sentence: mark the slot (“for our final talk of the day”), give one credential (“the CEO of Nous Research”), then the name. Unlike his two-line pattern earlier in the day (segment 045, which named the topic first), no topic line was spoken here; the talk title, “Hermes gives you wings: Build on open foundations,” appears only on the agenda and in segment 049.
- The transcript spells the company as “Noose Research” and the first name as “Dylan Rolnick.” The official agenda and the segment 049 record confirm “Nous Research” and “Dillon Rolnick.” Short introductions of uncommon proper nouns are prone to this transcription error; cross-check the agenda before quoting a name.
- Trust stream timestamps over the printed agenda when aligning records. The introduction landed at 4:35:43 PM ET, but the printed schedule placed the keynote at 5:06–5:24 PM. Day one ran far ahead of print, and the full keynote still fit inside the stream (segment 049, ending 4:51:18 PM ET).
- Segment cuts split on speech, so edge lines can be shared. This file’s first line, “Have a good one.” at [07:47:50 | 4:35:42 PM], is the tail of segment 047 and sits one second before this segment’s manifest start. Keep such boundary lines in both files rather than dropping them. This segment also shares its start timestamp (t=28071) with segment 049, the keynote it opens.
Watch this session
Section titled “Watch this session”Notable quotes
Section titled “Notable quotes”“Ladies and gentlemen, for our final talk of the day, please welcome to the stage the CEO of Noose Research, Dylan Rolnick.” — [07:47:51 | 4:35:43 PM]
Session narrative
Section titled “Session narrative”This segment is a stage hand-off, not a talk. The General Intuition Q&A ended at [07:47:50 | 4:35:42 PM] with “Thank you, everyone. Have a good one.” That sentence closes the preceding segment and appears here only as the boundary overlap. At [07:47:51 | 4:35:43 PM], MC Alex Lieberman took the stage and spent his single line naming the final speaker of the day: the CEO of Nous Research, Dillon Rolnick. The transcription renders the company as “Noose Research” and the first name as “Dylan”; the official agenda and speaker record confirm the intended names.
Two boundary notes from verification. First, this segment has no agenda item of its own, so agenda_match is null; the introduced talk is agenda item “Hermes gives you wings: Build on open foundations.” Second, the printed schedule placed that keynote at 5:06–5:24 PM and carried a note that the stream would end mid-block at 4:53:42 PM ET. The day actually ran well ahead of print: the introduction landed at 4:35:43 PM, and the full keynote was captured on the stream as segment 049 (4:35:43–4:51:18 PM ET).
Speaker details
Section titled “Speaker details”Alex Lieberman - Co-founder and Managing Partner, Tenex; MC for the day. He co-founded Morning Brew, grew it to 2M+ daily readers, and sold it to Business Insider in a deal of roughly $75M. He now co-leads Tenex, an AI engineering and transformation firm, and hosted this event’s welcome, keynote intros, and closing remarks. Links: LinkedIn | X | Website
Dillon Rolnick - CEO, Nous Research (introduced only; he does not speak in this segment — contextual attribution). Nous Research is the New York-based open-source AI lab behind the Hermes model family. Rolnick came from a quantitative trading background, studied at Vanderbilt University, and led Nous’s $90 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation announced in October 2026. He delivered the following keynote, “Hermes gives you wings: Build on open foundations.”
Full timestamped transcript
Section titled “Full timestamped transcript”[07:47:50 | 4:35:42 PM] Have a good one.[07:47:51 | 4:35:43 PM] Ladies and gentlemen, for our final talk of the day, please welcome to the stage the CEO of Noose Research, Dylan Rolnick.