> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://api.tryspecter.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Dataset changelog

> Field and delivery changes to the Specter datasets — newest first.

Field, schema and delivery changes to the Specter datasets — newest first. Use the tags to filter by dataset.

A field leaving a dataset is a breaking change for whatever loads it, so every removal is announced here at least a month before it ships, with the date it takes effect.

Changes to the API are tracked separately, in the [API changelog](/api-ref/changes).

<Update label="2026-08-31" tags={["Company DB"]}>
  Two breaking changes to the [Company DB](/api-ref/datasets/company/overview), both effective **2026-09-30**. Both fields change on the API on the same date — see the [API changelog](/api-ref/changes).

  ***

  ### Removed — `news`

  `news` packs up to 10 articles into a single serialized string. It is dropped from every Company DB delivery from 2026-09-30.

  Take news from the News Signals dataset instead. It delivers daily, one row per article, with the fields parsed out rather than packed into a string — see [Delivery and formats](/api-ref/datasets/delivery) for its cadence and file naming.

  **What to do:** drop `news` from your load, and add the News Signals delivery if you don't already take it.

  ***

  ### Replaced — `funding_round_details` becomes `funding_rounds_details`

  `funding_round_details` carries every funding round — type, date, amount, investors — with the investors as bare names: `"investors": ["Andreessen Horowitz"]`. It is dropped from the same delivery.

  Use [`funding_rounds_details`](/api-ref/datasets/company/fields#financials) instead. It is already delivered alongside it and carries the same rounds, but each investor arrives as a record of `specter_investor_id` — which resolves against the Investor DB — `name` and `is_lead_investor`, and each round adds `lead_investors_partners`. A [sample record](/api-ref/datasets/company/sample) shows the shape.

  <Warning>
    The two names differ by one letter. The field to read is `funding_rounds_details`, plural `rounds`.
  </Warning>

  **What to do:** repoint your funding reads at `funding_rounds_details`.
</Update>