--- title: Numerai - Crowdsourcing, Crypto & Machine Learning description: The role of crowdsourcing, cryptocurrency, and machine learning in hedge funds image: https://www.allocator.com/hubfs/Email%20Template%20and%20Newsletter/Newsletter/Newsletter%20Banner%20-%201.png --- [![Allocator](https://www.allocator.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/HedgePo_August2020/images/logo.svg "Allocator")](https://www.allocator.com/?hsLang=en) 3 March 2022 # **Crowdsourcing, Crypto and Machine Learning** ```   ``` ### **Numerai, a different kind of hedge fund** ```   ```   [![Numerai-Logo-Side-Black](https://www.allocator.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Webinars/2022_03%20Numerai%20webinar/Numerai-Logo-Side-Black.png?width=230&height=64&name=Numerai-Logo-Side-Black.png "Numerai-Logo-Side-Black")](https://numer.ai/) [![Allocator_Logo_Colour No Background](https://www.allocator.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Branding%20-%20Images%20and%20Logos/Allocator%20logos/Allocator_Logo_Colour%20No%20Background.png?width=350&height=50&name=Allocator_Logo_Colour%20No%20Background.png "Allocator_Logo_Colour No Background")](https://www.allocator.com/?hsLang=en) Numerai is a quantitative market-neutral hedge fund built on thousands of predictive models.  Over the past six years, they have developed a framework where crowdsourcing, crypto and machine learning are all critical components in helping them to assemble a long/short portfolio of global equities that has a beta of zero and extremely limited exposure to the traditional risk factors that characterize most investment strategies.   Some may be familiar with the concept of crowdsourcing, the burgeoning asset class that is crypto, and the role that artificial intelligence and machine learning are playing in investing. However, Numerai integrates all three in a unique and innovative way.   In this webinar, we'll be having a conversation with Rich Allen, Managing Director at Numerai about how each of these tools is used to facilitate a weekly data tournament from which Numerai builds its own Meta Model, which determines the position of investments in client portfolios.         ## Watch Webinar ![Register](https://www.allocator.com/hubfs/Newsletter%20Banners%20and%20Images/down-arrow-small.svg) ## Speakers #### Rich Allen ##### Managing Director Rich Allen is a Managing Director at Numerai, responsible for business development and investor relations. Prior to Numerai, Rich was the COO at Mission Value Partners, a long-only investment manager in Sonoma, CA. Rich has worked in a number of sales, trading and trading technology roles over the course of his career, in Tokyo, New York and San Francisco for Tora, Merrill Lynch, Bankers Trust and Nomura Securities. Rich has a BA in Political Science from Union College (NY). #### Liam Poole ##### Chief Operating Officer at Allocator With more than 10-years of experience in the investment software and data industry, Liam's primary focus is on managing day-to-day operations across the business to ensure that Allocator effectively serves its clients as the leading intelligence platform for institutional investors. Before joining Allocator, Liam was responsible for building out global client service operations for Morningstar Inc. and built high-performing support and customer success teams across EMEA and APAC. Liam went on to hold several Sales Director roles, most notably managing some of the top global client accounts outside of the U.S. for Morningstar Inc., and spent a great deal of his time enhancing and building sales and marketing operations for the business. 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