diff --git a/content/releases/Release Notes 07.17.25.md b/content/releases/Release Notes 07.17.25.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e76adf54a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/releases/Release Notes 07.17.25.md	
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+---
+title: Release Notes 07.17.25
+date: 07.17.25
+tags:
+  - releases
+  - demos
+  - announcements
+  - honcho
+  - dev
+---
+
+## Honcho Updates v2.1.0
+
+Introduction of Honcho's R.O.T.E Deriver for explicit, certain reasoning over `peer` data, new "working" representations, updates to the Dialectic API, 
+
+ADDED
+
+- File uploads
+- Brand new "ROTE" deriver system
+- Updated dialectic system
+- Local working representations
+- Better logging for deriver/dialectic
+- Endpoint for deriver queue status
+
+CHANGED
+
+- Dialectic chat endpoint takes a single query
+- Rearranged configuration values (LLM, Deriver, Dialectic, History->Summary)
+
+FIXED
+
+- Document insertion
+- Session-scoped and peer-targeted dialectic queries work now
+
+REMOVED
+
+- Peer-level messages
+
+## Links
+
+- [Sign-up for Honcho](https://app.honcho.dev/) & start building personalized agent experiences
+- [Join our Discord](https://discord.gg/honcho) & tell us what you're working on
+- [Visit our open-source repo](https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho) & get your hands dirty
+- [Check out the docs](https://docs.honcho.dev)
\ No newline at end of file