Axios announces news feeds designed for AI agents

Axios announced Axios Direct, a series of RSS-like feeds made of standardized, structured lines of text so AI agents can access its content more efficiently. The first, launched in the fall, gives the agents of Axios Pro Deals subscribers access to mergers-and-acquisitions content; a second, planned for next year, will serve as a source for training in-house language models; a third, also planned for next year, will target individual consumers.

Wired describes the initiative as part of a broader shift in media, with publishers signing agreements to let AI platforms surface their content and adopting generative-engine-optimization strategies. Axios says it believes a significant share of news consumption will move into AI systems, large language models, and devices.