An Action-Based Internet

Overview

Axal is a network of verifiable agents that fulfill general actions via intent marketplaces.

From crypto portfolio management to end-to-end travel booking, any combination of tasks can be fulfilled instantly from a simple natural language or programmatic request. Axal handles intent delegation to agents through competitive orderflow auctions, verifies agent actions, and coordinates/recommends future intents.

LLMs/search enable universal information retrieval. Axal powers universal task execution: minimal cost, custom flows, zero counterparty risk.

Team & Current Usage

Axal is led by Harvard CS and HBS alums, former employees at AWS and SIG, developers who studied under Yann LeCun, and a YouTuber who interviewed John McAfee (1M+ views). Raised $2.5M from CMT Digital, a16z Crypto Startup School, Escape Velocity, and angels (Rok Kopp from EtherFi, Rushi Manche from Movement, Austin King from Omni, Jansen Teng from Virtuals).

Axal’s first app, Autopilot, is a Robinhood-esque onchain trading platform powered by smart agents automating custom index exposure, yield, copy trading, and rebalancing. The team launched Gekko Agent to improve distribution for Autopilot and offer text-based interactions, peaking at a $40M market cap in early January 2025 (terminal). Both have gone viral (Gekko announcement, Fundraise/Autopilot announcement).

Open Positions

We’re assembling a team with one defining trait: a hunger to build our life’s work.

You don’t want your legacy to be the same as every other developer, building mind-numbingly boring APIs or forgettable widgets for big tech. You hate the thought of landing SaaS partnerships that help no one but a few executives or doing bitch work for your boss. You care about your work, want to build something big, and win.

Too many talented people have become risk-averse sheep - we’re building a team, and building a platform, for those who take the leap. You’re getting in at the ground level of a startup building for an inevitable agent-based future, and we expect you to give this your all. We frankly couldn’t care less about the logos on your LinkedIn profile, how many years of experience you have, or how great you are at LeetCode if you don’t share our drive.

• The core team is based in NYC. You must be willing to move to work in-person.
• We move quickly. After applying, expect an initial discussion about your interest and background, a take home project/research task, and a final interview. The whole process will be <2 weeks.
• We compensate competitively in cash, equity, and benefits - we’ll cover food, housing, transport, and other expenses so you can focus fully on shipping.
• We’re deep on cutting edge ML and intents/solver networks. Inspired by platforms like UniswapX, CoW Swap, Across, Anoma, and Essential on the crypto side. If these words excite you - apply. If these words mean nothing to you but you want to learn more, apply.

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