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# How to pronounce Hermes vs Aaru

Two AI brands with mythology origins. Hermes ("HER-meez") is Nous Research's open-weights LLM series — Greek messenger god. Aaru ("AH-roo") is the AI poll-simulation startup — Egyptian afterlife "field of reeds." Both routinely mispronounced.

hermes /ˈhɜːr miːz/ — HER meez
aaru /ˈɑː ruː/ — AH roo

## Side-by-side

| hermes | aaru
--- | --- | ---
IPA | `/ˈhɜːr miːz/` | `/ˈɑː ruː/`
Respelling | HER meez | AH roo
Category | product | project
Confidence | community-consensus | community-consensus

Open the full dictionary entry for sources and alternate readings: hermes · aaru.

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