So Money with Farnoosh Torabi · Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Mike Allen, co-founder of Axios, also co-founded Politico. He mentioned that Axios is relatively young, nearing its 10th anniversary, and currently has 400 employees. This context was provided when discussing how obligations and bureaucracy can build up even in smaller, younger companies.
“So here at Axios, we're relatively young, we're going to be 10 years in January, relatively small company, we have 400 people.”
“Even a relatively small, relatively young company. These barnacles build up.”