Axis
Axis is a YC Winter 2026 (W26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About Axis
Summary
Axis builds an AI-native analytical system for physical commodities trading desks. Traders use it to deploy models that continuously monitor markets, derivatives positioning, refinery data, storage inventories, trade flows, and geopolitical signals across metals, agriculture, and energy. It replaces the manual process of aggregating and analyzing the sprawling data sets that underpin both exchange-traded and bilateral OTC decisions.
Go-to-market
The initial customers are physical commodities traders, reached through a sales-led motion targeting trading desks that manage cross-market exposure in public and OTC markets.
From the Y Combinator listing
An AI Copilot for Trading Desks
Axis is building an AI Native Trading System, allowing a trader to deploy models that monitor and analyze relevant markets and strategies. We've chosen commodities as our first market. Commodities make up a third of global goods exports, and physical commodities traders decide the movement and storage of metals, agricultural products, and energy across the globe. They trade in public markets and bilateral OTC agreements. Engaging in these markets is complexing, covering derivatives positioning, refinery data, storage inventory, import/exports, geopolitical events and more. Axis is building an AI driven analytical layer for these markets.
Facts
- Fintech / Fintech
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Eric Zhu
- Ian Wang
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