“Can an AI-native compliance layer own indirect tax for every company that sells across borders?”
Numeral was founded in 2022 as a sales-tax-on-autopilot service for US ecommerce brands, went through Y Combinator, and rode the SaaS/DTC wave that followed the Wayfair economic-nexus decision. It has since expanded from US-only sales tax into global indirect tax (VAT/GST) coverage in 90+ countries, layered agentic AI on top of the workflow (product classification, portal monitoring, natural-language reporting), and in 2026 acquired the Ruby Card team to accelerate its global and SaaS offerings. The 2026 $100M Series C signals a push upmarket into software, manufacturing and distribution alongside its ecommerce base.
Numeral processes payments through Stripe.
Numeral uses footprint for KYC and identity verification.
Numeral integrates with QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero, Sage Intacct, Acumatica, Microsoft Business Central, SAP S/4HANA, Odoo and 2 others.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 5 layers in Numeral's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe); KYC (footprint); Accounting (QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero, Sage Intacct and 6 others); Spend / AP (Brex); Tax (Numeral (self-operated)).
Numeral was founded by Sam Ross and Matt DuVall and is founded in 2022, headquartered in San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA.
Numeral has raised $157M+ (cumulative) in total (latest round: Series C, 2026).
Numeral's acquisitions include Ruby Card (2026).
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