# Axios HQ

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{{Short description|Enterprise software company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Axios HQ
| logo = 
| image = Clarendon, Arlington, VA 3100 Clarendon Blvd. (2908008915).jpg
| image_caption = Axios HQ's headquarters is at 3100 Clarendon Boulevard in [Arlington, Virginia](/source/Arlington_County%2C_Virginia).
| type = Private
| industry = Software
| founded = February 2021
| founders = Roy Schwartz, [Jim VandeHei](/source/Jim_VandeHei), [Mike Allen](/source/Michael_Allen_(journalist))
| headquarters = 
| hq_location_city = Arlington, Virginia
| hq_location_country = United States
| key_people = Roy Schwartz (CEO)
| products = [Internal communications](/source/Internal_communications) software
| revenue = $10 million (2023)
| num_employees = 
| website = [https://www.axioshq.com axioshq.com]
}}
{{distinguish|Axios (website)}}
'''Axios HQ''' is an American [enterprise software](/source/enterprise_software) company. Its main product is a platform that allows its clients to use so-called "smart brevity," a [bullet point](/source/Bullet_(typography))-based journalism style developed by the founders of media company [Axios](/source/Axios_(website)), to distribute their own communications.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-11 |title=Arlington's Axios HQ says internal comms for many U.S. companies is in dire straits {{!}} ARLnow.com |url=https://www.arlnow.com/2024/03/11/arlingtons-axios-hq-says-internal-comms-for-many-u-s-companies-is-in-dire-straits/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.arlnow.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== History ==
Axios HQ was launched Roy Schwartz, [Jim VandeHei](/source/Jim_VandeHei) and [Mike Allen](/source/Michael_Allen_(journalist)) in February 2021 by media company [Axios](/source/Axios_(website)).<ref name="WSJ">{{cite news |last1=Mullin |first1=Benjamin |title=Axios Wants to Help Companies Write Like Its Reporters—for $10,000 a Year, or More |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/axios-wants-to-help-companies-write-like-its-reportersfor-10-000-a-year-or-more-11610632800 |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=January 14, 2021}}</ref> Axios HQ was spun out after the parent media company was sold to [Cox Enterprises](/source/Cox_Enterprises) for approximately $525 million in 2022. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |date=August 8, 2022 |title=Axios, valued at $525 million, to be sold to Cox Enterprises in major media deal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/08/08/axios-cox-sale/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Katie |date=2022-03-07 |title=Axios Wants Us to Read Everything in Bullet Points |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/business/media/axios-local.html |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Within eight months of its formation, Axios HQ had generated over $1 million in revenue from its software licensing business, which formats organizations' communications into Axios-style "smart brevity" bullet points.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digiday.com/media/axios-has-made-1m-in-revenue-from-its-eight-month-old-software-licensing-business/ |title=Axios has made $1M in revenue from its eight-month-old software licensing business |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Digiday|date=14 October 2021 }}</ref>

By 2023, Axios HQ had surpassed $10 million in annual recurring revenue and had expanded its offerings to include integrations with platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams.<ref>{{cite web |title=Axios HQ Exceeds $10M ARR, Hires First CMO, Launches Slack and Teams Integrations |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240109720123/en/Axios-HQ-exceeds-10M-ARR-hires-its-first-CMO-and-launches-Slack-Teams-integrations |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Business Wire}}</ref> This growth was supported by a $20 million Series A funding round completed in March 2023, co-led by Glade Brook Capital Partners and Greycroft Partners.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bruell |first=Alexandra |date=2023-03-24 |title=WSJ News Exclusive {{!}} Axios's Software Business Raises Cash to Fund AI Expansion |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/axioss-software-business-raises-cash-to-fund-ai-expansion-91dc27cc |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

== Products ==
The Axios HQ platform provides "smart brevity" training and editorial services, AI-powered newsletter creation and distribution software, and analytics.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

== References ==
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Category:Software companies based in Virginia

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