GUDEA
Decision Intelligence · Social Media Analytics & Listening
$9.8Mtotal raised · 3 rounds on record
$7Mlatest round · Seed · Oct 2026 · 1 mo ago
2backers · Techstars, Gopher Angels
11team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +38% in a year
Overview
Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, GUDEA is an AI-powered narrative intelligence and behavioral analytics enterprise. The company provides an actionable software platform that leverages deep learning and network graph analytics to map, monitor, and predict how online conversations and digital narratives form, gain traction, and spread across social media ecosystems. Serving enterprise brand leaders, risk officers, and communications teams, the organization enables clients to identify key narrative drivers, detect emerging reputational risks early, and navigate complex information environments with data-driven clarity.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$9.8M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$7M
Seed · Oct 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
11
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +38% in a year
Backers
2
Techstars, Gopher Angels
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 8
Raised a round Seed $7M · led by Mudita Venture Partners · Crunchbase News
Jan 16
Recognition GUDEA SELECTED AS FINALIST FOR SXSW PITCH 2026 · PRNewswire
2025
Team of 11 was 8 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Apr 11, 2025
Raised a round Convertible Note $775k · SEC Form D
Jul 15, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $2M · SEC Form D
2023
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 8%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Oct 2026 | $7M | Mudita Venture Partners lead, Silicon Road Ventures lead | Crunchbase News |
| Convertible Note | Apr 2025 | $775k | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jul 2024 | $2M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Gudea, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Keith PresleyExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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People
Keith Presley
Executive Officer, Director
Brett Brohl
Director
Jonathan Sperber
Director
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News
GUDEA Raises $7 Million Seed Round Co-Led By Mudita Ventures And Collide Capital
GUDEA raised an oversubscribed $7 million seed round to expand its AI-powered narrative intelligence platform. Mudita Ventures and Collide Capital co-led the round. The post GUDEA Raises $7 Million Seed Round Co-Led By Mudita Ventures And Collide Capital
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GUDEA Closes Oversubscribed $7 Million Seed Round to Scale AI-Powered Narrative Intelligence
New capital will accelerate product development and enterprise growth as demand rises for the company's "Storm Tracker for the Internet." MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GUDEA, the AI-powered narrative intelligence platform known as the "Storm T
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Exclusive: Gudea Lands $7M To Predict Which Online Narratives Will Go Viral
Gudea has raised $7 million in seed funding, co-led by Mudita Venture Partners and Silicon Road Ventures, to help companies anticipate which online narratives will go viral and understand who is driving them, the startup tells Crunchbase News exclusively.
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The Feed Is Fake
What if every viral song, movie, meme, influencer, and celebrity drama you've scrolled by recently was the result of a stealth marketing campaign? A dive into the 'clipping' underworld.
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GUDEA Nominated for a 2026 Webby Award, Recognized for Advancing Narrative Intelligence and Online Risk Detection
GUDEA, the leading AI-powered narrative intelligence platform known as the "Storm Tracker for the Internet," today announced it has been nominated for a 2026 Webby Award, one of the internet
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GUDEA Nominated for a 2026 Webby Award, Recognized for Advancing Narrative Intelligence and Online Risk Detection
/PRNewswire/ -- GUDEA, the leading AI-powered narrative intelligence platform known as the "Storm Tracker for the Internet," today announced it has been...
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Turns Out A Lot Of The Chappell Roan Discourse Was Driven By Coordinated Bots
Yet another smear campaign is working its magic.
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GUDEA SELECTED AS FINALIST FOR SXSW PITCH 2026
/PRNewswire/ -- GUDEA, the developer of a patent-protected Internet Storm Tracker whose analysis helped expose a coordinated attack around Taylor Swift
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'Taylor Swift Is A Nazi' Narrative Boosted By Coordinated Online Effort, New Report Finds HuffPost Entertainment
Some internet users discussing the singer
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Coordinated online attack sought to suggest Taylor Swift promoted Nazi ideas, research finds
Thousands of social media posts were traced to deliberate attempts to misrepresent the singer - and showed 'significant user overlap' with the campaign to attack actor Blake Lively
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Columbia
United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff