Numerai's Open Data Strategy: Free Hedge Fund Training Data for AI Models
Numerai's Open Data Strategy: Free Hedge Fund Training Data for AI Models
🤖 Free hedge fund data
Numerai's Revolutionary Approach
Numerai hedge fund operates on an unusual model: giving away all trading data for free to anyone who wants to train machine learning algorithms on it.
The platform allows data scientists to:
- Access proprietary financial datasets at no cost
- Train their own ML models using this data
- Submit predictions directly to the hedge fund
- Potentially earn rewards for accurate forecasts
The Bigger Vision
Numerai's 2017 master plan positioned the platform as an API for AI capital control - essentially becoming infrastructure that any artificial intelligence could use to manage money in the economy.
This open approach means Numerai stays permanently accessible to new ML techniques and can absorb the best innovations from the global data science community.
Why This Matters
While most hedge funds guard their data jealously, Numerai's model flips traditional finance on its head by crowdsourcing intelligence rather than hoarding it.
Read more about their strategy: Numerai's Master Plan
"The core idea of Numerai was to give away all of our data for free, and let anyone train machine learning algorithms on it and submit predictions to our hedge fund." blog.numer.ai/numerais-maste…
I've followed @numerai for 10 years, and their 2017 master plan remains a great read. Congrats on securing $500M from JPM. Numerai identified three trends most investors missed a decade ago. They dismissed Numerai due to its crypto-like product, unlike @Polymarket's familiar
Numerai’s Master Plan in 2017: "The goal for Numerai was to be an API that any artificial intelligence could use to control capital in the economy." In a world of numerous AIs, Numerai is permanently open to new approaches in machine learning and is designed to absorb the best
gradually, then suddenly @numerai amazing achievement after many years of hard work @richardcraib and team and still so much more to get done from your grand master plan excited for you!
🔮 Faith Arrives
**Numerai launches Dataset V5.1 "Faith"** - the platform's biggest data upgrade in over a year. The new dataset features: - Most unique and information-dense features ever released - Premium data sources with higher costs - Significant expansion from previous V5 release This follows Numerai's V5 "Atlas" release from October 2024, which added over 1 million samples compared to V4. **Key Details:** - V5.1 represents a major leap in data quality and complexity - Features are described as the most expensive Numerai has ever included - Release marks continued evolution of the prediction tournament platform [Learn more about Faith dataset](https://forum.numer.ai/t/data-v5-1-release-faith/8200)
Numerai Launches Crypto V2.0 Spectra Dataset for Prediction Markets
**Numerai has released its Crypto V2.0 Spectra Dataset**, expanding the platform's prediction capabilities into cryptocurrency markets. The new dataset follows the recent launch of Numerai Signals V2 "Cosmic" dataset, which featured: - Massively expanded universe of assets - Improved ticker consistency - Enhanced data quality for predictions **Key details:** - Available immediately for data scientists and quants - Builds on Numerai's prediction tournament model - Users can stake NMR tokens on their crypto predictions This release represents Numerai's continued expansion beyond traditional equity markets into digital assets, providing structured data for machine learning models to predict cryptocurrency performance. The platform allows participants to submit predictions and stake NMR tokens based on their confidence levels, creating a decentralized hedge fund powered by crowd-sourced intelligence. [Read the full details on Numerai's forum](https://forum.numer.ai/t/crypto-v2-spectra-dataset/8197)
NumerCon 2026 Scheduled for January 30th in San Francisco
**NumerCon 2026** is set for **January 30th** in San Francisco. The annual conference brings together the Numerai community of data scientists and machine learning practitioners. - Date: January 30th, 2026 - Location: San Francisco - Event: NumerCon 2026 Mark your calendars for this key gathering in the prediction market space.
Decentralized AI Day Vienna
**Decentralized AI Day** is coming to Vienna on **September 20th**. The event will feature: - Discussions on **Numerai** developments - Latest trends in **decentralized AI** - Networking with industry professionals Hosted by @NumeraiCoE, this gathering follows successful events in other cities. **RSVP required**: [Register here](https://luma.com/5w9wvbjf?tk=8Bi8Mv) Don't miss this opportunity to connect with the decentralized AI community.
Numerai Signals Switches to Alpha + MPC Scoring
**Numerai Signals is implementing a major scoring change** starting September 2nd. The platform will transition from its current system to **Alpha + MPC scores** for all new rounds. - Alpha scoring was introduced in August as a new evaluation method - MPC (Multi-Party Computation) scores will be combined with Alpha - Change affects all prediction rounds beginning September 2nd or later This represents a significant shift in how Signals evaluates and rewards predictions on the platform.