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# Numerai December 2025 Update
- URL: https://blog.numer.ai/numerai-december-2025-update/
- Published: 2025-12-02T16:17:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-30T21:39:42.000Z
- Author: Numerai Engineering
- Tags: Monthly Update

## Numerai Monthly: $30m Series C, New Data & Target, Signals Payout Clip Increase

### Numerai raised $30 million at a $500 million valuation

Numerai has closed a $30 million Series C fundraising round led by top university endowments. Other participating investors include Union Square Ventures, Shine Capital, and Paul Tudor Jones.

- [Read the full blog post](https://blog.numer.ai/numerai-raises-30m-series-c-at-500m-valuation/)
- [Read the Bloomberg article](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/paul-tudor-jones-backed-numerai-nabs-a-500-million-valuation?utm%5Fsource=website&utm%5Fmedium=share&utm%5Fcampaign=copy)

### New Numerai Data & Payout Target

A new dataset for the Numerai Tournament will be released by mid-December. This will be a minor v5.2 update introducing additional features. A new payout target for Numerai will also take effect by January 1, 2026, which will resemble target\_teager2b\_20.

- [Join our Discord to stay informed](https://discord.gg/JaYRT5J87F?ref=blog.numer.ai)

### Signals Payout Clip Increase

Numerai recently hosted a Fireside Chat led by our Chief Tournament Officer, Noah Harasz. Noah presented an analysis of Signals payouts and proposed increasing the clip from 1.7% to 3.5%. Following the presentation, the community voted on Discord in support of the change. The updated clip will go into effect on January 1, 2026 as a result.

- [Watch the full Fireside](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7FXOuwTBQE&ref=blog.numer.ai)

### NumerCon 2026

Join the world’s best data scientists at NumerCon 2026 in San Francisco on January 30\. The Numerai Council of Elders will also host a Decentralized AI Day in San Francisco earlier that same week.

- [Register for NumerCon 2026](https://luma.com/numercon2026?ref=blog.numer.ai)
- [Register for Decentralized AI Day](https://luma.com/he32nz84?ref=blog.numer.ai)

### Other Updates

- In November, Numerai paid out $251,850 worth of NMR.
- Numerai Crypto has fully switched to the V2 universe; V1 data will be completely removed later this month.