About AxonIR
AxonIR is an AI-powered investor relations intelligence platform built specifically for micro-cap and SPAC public companies — the companies algorithmic buyers see last, if at all.
"Your 8-K caused 0.9× volume response. Peers filing above 7.0 on the AIRE scale see 2.3× average. That gap represents approximately $40M in institutional attention that better IR communications would have captured."
The Origin
Public company IR has a hidden problem. Bloomberg Terminal algorithms, FactSet parsing engines, and Refinitiv data feeds score every SEC filing the moment it lands — but no one tells micro-cap CFOs how they scored, or what that score cost them in market attention.
Traditional IR firms charge $8,000–$15,000/month for press releases and investor call coordination. They're excellent at human relationships. They can't show you a volume correlation graph mapping your 8-K quality to your institutional flow response.
AxonIR was built to close that gap. We built the AIRE Signal Score — a 4-component NLP model trained on SEC EDGAR filing patterns — and connected it to a 9-source market signal stack. Now a micro-cap CFO can see, in real time, exactly how algorithms read their company.
The platform launched in 2026. The first 403 tickers were scored in the first 24 hours. The pattern was stark: companies with AIRE scores above 70 generated 2.3× average volume on filing day. Companies below 40 generated 0.6×.
The Technology
The Algorithmic IR Excellence (AIRE) score is a composite of four components, each weighted by its empirical correlation to institutional volume response:
Measures filing frequency and type diversity. Annual reports, quarterly filings, and 8-K material events each carry different weights based on institutional scanner preferences.
Starts at 30 and deducts for late filings (NT forms), amendments, and audit qualifications. Late filings signal distress to institutional algorithms — the penalty is severe.
Measures communication diversity: 8-K volume, proxy statement filing, and institutional ownership disclosure. Companies with proxy statements score 5 points higher.
Compares last 3 months of filing activity to prior 3 months. Accelerating IR activity scores up to 8 bonus points. Decelerating activity loses up to 6.
Maps every filing event to its corresponding trading day volume ratio. Shows exactly which 8-K caused a 3.2× response and which caused 0.6× — closing the loop between IR quality and market outcome.
Each score includes specific, prioritized recommendations for improving the composite. Not generic advice — exact filing types, timing, and language patterns that move the score needle.
Signal Stack
Because the most expensive source (Tiingo at $10/month) is shared across all clients, per-client data costs approach $0 at scale. That's the structural reason for 95%+ gross margins.
The Team
Our Values
Every AxonIR output is a number. Not "your filing is weak" — "your AIRE score is 4.2, below the 6.0 institutional scan threshold, and here's the exact delta in volume response." Measurement is respect.
Bloomberg Terminal serves large-caps. We serve the 8,500 companies between $5M and $1B market cap that institutional algorithms have mostly stopped watching. That's where the gap is real.
IR firms give advice. AxonIR gives automation. The weekly digest sends itself. The compliance radar monitors itself. The volume correlation runs itself. You get signal, not opinions.
At 95%+ gross margins with $10/month in data costs, we never have an incentive to upsell unnecessary services. The product's value is visible in your score — not in an account manager's relationship.