Mike Allen, another founder of Virginia-based Axios, also is a former Politico reporter, while Roy Schwartz, the third co-founder of Axios, is the former chief revenue officer of Politico.

Axios was launched in 2017 by former Politico reporters Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz, who will remain on the company's board. It's raised $57 million over four rounds, per Crunchbase.