Axiom

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Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

YC-backed Axiom Trade is a Solana-native DeFi trading terminal for memecoins, perpetuals, and yield, with wallet/Twitter intel, migration tools, and fast non-custodial execution.

Primary product

Axiom Trade web trading terminal

Founded

2024

Headquarters

Austin, Texas, United States

Team size

10-20

Work style

Remote

Industry

Blockchain Services

Sub-industry

DeFi trading platform

Offices

Austin, Texas, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Business model

transaction-fee trading platform

rakeback / fee-rebate model

points-driven retention incentives

Funding

Stage

pre-seed

Total raised

$625K

Latest round

Pre-Seed · Apr 2025

Latest amount

$500K

Pre-Seed

Apr 2025 · Y Combinator

$500K

Seed

Mar 2025

$125K

People & investors

Leadership

Henry Zhang

Co-Founder & CEO

Preston Ellis

Co-Founder & CTO

Investors

Y Combinator

Work & culture

Fast-moving, mostly remote team that emphasizes shipping over polish, direct feedback, strong opinions held lightly, and a trial-based hiring process; the company also says it holds two in-person gatherings per year.

Work style

Remote

Compensation

Competitive cash plus meaningful equity; the YC job posting shows a founding engineer range of $150K-$500K base with 0.50%-1.50% equity, and the company says equity details are shared at the offer stage.

Benefits

competitive cash base

meaningful equity

healthcare in supported jurisdictions

annual learning budget

standard hardware setup

Product & market

Pricing

Trading fees of roughly 0.75%-1.0% with cash-back / rakeback rebates; Tweet Monitor is free once a user reaches 5 SOL of trading volume.

Differentiators

—memecoins + Hyperliquid perpetuals in one terminal
—wallet tracking and Twitter monitoring
—migration tools and one-click trading
—non-custodial keys / wallet custody
—MEV-aware fast execution
—rakeback and points programs

Technology

Solana

Hyperliquid

Turnkey

web app

Discord

Customers

Solana memecoin traders

crypto veterans

beginner onchain traders

power traders

DeFi users

Competitors

Photon

BullX

Trojan

pump.fun

Phantom

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

≈US$120M ARR (inferred from Axiom's $10M MRR claim)

Estimated monthly visits

7.8M

Traffic estimate as of Jan 2026

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Signals & risks

Other

Feb 2026

ZachXBT alleged that a senior Axiom employee misused internal tools to inspect user wallets and trade using non-public data; Axiom said it revoked access and was investigating.

Source

Latest news

ZachXBT alleges Axiom employee conducted insider trading

CoinDesk · Feb 2026

Details allegations that a senior Axiom employee misused internal dashboards to access wallet data and trade on non-public information; includes Axiom’s response.

Solana trading platform employees accused of insider trading using sensitive customer data

DL News · Feb 2026

Focuses on the insider-trading allegations, the employee named in reporting, and claims about missing access controls and potential SDNY jurisdiction.

Axiom Became YC's Biggest Hit. But Someone Was Watching

Forbes · Feb 2026

Examines Axiom’s extremely fast revenue growth and the simultaneous insider-trading scandal that surfaced around the company.

Solana bot platform Axiom takes over AI coder Cursor with $150m revenue fuelled by airdrop hype

DL News · Jul 2025

Reports Axiom’s rapid revenue growth, Solana bot market share, fee structure, and incentive programs including rebates, referrals, and points.

Meet Y Combinator’s memecoin bet that made $10M last week

Blockworks · Apr 2025

Profiles Axiom’s rise, its Solana memecoin + Hyperliquid perps product, founder background, market share gains, and the company’s reported $10.5M weekly revenue.

Jobs and careers at Axiom

17 jobs at Axiom

Employee Relations Manager (HR)

On-site

People (HR)

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Today

On-site

Full-time