# Jim VandeHei at Axios

> Jim VandeHei at Axios. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

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# Jim VandeHei

Works at Axios

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 2 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 +1 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator
- **Linked to a firm** No firm on record
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

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## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Axios HQ Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Axios Media Inc.** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter since 2018

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 15 Sept 2026 · 2h 57m High Interest Rate Phenomenon, Driscoll's China Bet Backfires, Who Votes on AI Safety? | Stephen Colbert & Josh Kline, Jim VandeHei, Steve Menneto, Matthew Wilson, Rune Kvist, Tyler Bahl, James Cadwallader With [Jim VandeHei](https://millionrounds.com/person/jim-vandehei)[Tyler Bahl](https://millionrounds.com/person/tyler-bahl) About this episode (01:10) - High Interest Rate Phenomenon (17:46) - WSJ Opinion: 'The People Get a Vote on AI Safety' (30:00) - Timeline Reactions (51:45) - Driscoll's China Bet Backfires (57:47) - Jim VandeHei, co-founder and CEO of Axios, discusses his book *Simplify*, which presents a system for… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 25 Apr 2024 · 27 min Rapid Response: Fighting media's reality distortion, w/Axios CEO Jim VandeHei With [Jim VandeHei](https://millionrounds.com/person/jim-vandehei) About this episode Every day we’re inundated with news and opinion pieces about America’s hopeless division, but is this really true? Axios CEO Jim VandeHei joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to bust what he sees as myth, plus share his seemingly counterintuitive AI play. VandeHei also makes a case for why the era… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 27 Feb 2023 · 1h 24m Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei With [Jim VandeHei](https://millionrounds.com/person/jim-vandehei) Mentions [Cox Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-enterprises)[Axel Springer](https://millionrounds.com/person/axel-springer) About this episode Before Jim VandeHei co-founded the media company Politico, the only thing he’d managed was the night shift at Little Caesar’s pizza in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. An early passion for politics and journalism led him to Washington, D.C., where he became a political reporter for Roll Call, The Wall Street… Listen on Apple Podcasts

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Jim VandeHei in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 15 Sept 2026 · 33 min Let’s Kill Sh*t: Axios CEO on simplifying your work-life in the AI era Mentions [Jim VandeHei](https://millionrounds.com/person/jim-vandehei) About this episode AI isn't simplifying your life… Yet. It's mass-producing more options, more decisions, and more noise. Axios CEO Jim VandeHei returns to Rapid Response to make the case that the antidote isn't a better productivity app, it's a ruthless, three-part system he calls Confront, Delete, Amplify. VandeHei… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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