YOUR GUIDE TO THE WIRE
The Wire manual
Stories, deals, companies and dates across the business of entertainment. A practical guide to every part of the AXIOM Global Entertainment Wire.
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01 · Start here
Your first five minutes
The AXIOM Global Entertainment Wire is a live terminal for the business of entertainment: deals, filings, earnings, courts, regulation and people moves, gathered from the trades and the wider press and grouped so that one event reads as one story.
- Get the day’s pictureOpen the Wire and read THE DESK: a memo on the day and its TOP 10 stories. Select a headline to open that story in the feed.
- Follow the evidenceRead the excerpt, compare the other outlets listed under SAME STORY, and use READ AT SOURCE ↗ for the publisher’s full article.
- Go one level deeperWith a subscription, use DEALS for transactions and UNIVERSE for companies. CALENDAR holds the industry’s festivals, markets, conferences and awards.
Reading for a morning update?
Start with The Desk, choose a category above the feed, then set SORT: LATEST. Open the stories that matter and follow their source links.
Researching a company?
Type its name into SEARCH THE WIRE. The strip under the search offers the matching company, its Universe record and its deals. The record holds ownership, filed accounts and key people.
The Wire is a research starting point, not investment, legal or business advice. Grouping, summaries and extracted figures are produced with automated tools and can be wrong. The source links let you check the original report.
02 · Access
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| Access | What you can open |
|---|---|
| Not signed in | The front page, Plans & pricing, this manual, the Terms and the Privacy notice. The Wire and the Calendar ask you to sign in first. |
| Free account | The Wire, with The Desk and the side panels, and the Calendar. DEALS and UNIVERSE take you to Plans & pricing. |
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03 · The Wire page
Find your way around
The Wire page is the home of the service. Its header stays at the top as you scroll, with the destinations, search, the light and dark switch, the world clocks and the LATEST headline strip.
| Part | What it does |
|---|---|
| Wordmark | On the Wire page, clears the search, company, category, source and region filters and returns to the top. The time window and any storyline filter stay as they are. On other pages it takes you to the Wire. |
| WIRE · DEALS · UNIVERSE · CALENDAR | The four destinations. Without a subscription, DEALS and UNIVERSE open Plans & pricing. |
| SOURCES | Lists every source the Wire reads, each marked AVAILABLE or TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE with its item count, and when the last collection run finished. Close it with CLOSE or Esc. |
| SEARCH THE WIRE | Searches the stories in the feed. Press / to jump to it. See Search & filter the news. |
| ◐ / ◑ | Switches between light and dark. The choice is saved in this browser. |
| World clocks | LA, NY, SAO, UTC, LDN, BER, DXB, MUM, SIN, TYO and SEL, each with a dot for daylight, twilight or night. Swipe or scroll the strip sideways for more cities. |
| LATEST | A rolling strip of the strongest headlines of the last 36 hours. Select one to open its story in the feed. Ⅱ pauses the strip and ▶ resumes it; it also pauses while you hover over it or focus it. |
The Desk: the day’s starting point
Select THE DESK to fold or unfold it; the Wire remembers your choice. The memo is the desk’s reading of the day, drafted with AI assistance from the stories it reviewed. UPDATED gives the time it was put together, in UTC, which is not the publication time of any one story. The line under the memo says how many stories were reviewed; when it ends SOURCE BRIEF, the memo is a plainer fallback assembled from the source material.
- TOP 10 lists The Desk’s lead stories. Select one to open it in the feed.
- THE DESK IS WATCHING lists storylines gaining coverage, with their story count over seven days. Select one to narrow the feed to it. How momentum is measured explains the method.
- MOST COVERED ranks companies by story mentions over 48 hours. Select one to narrow the feed to that company, and again to release it. A count measures coverage, not the company’s quality.
Stay current
Above the feed, DATA … OLD gives the age of the loaded edition, beside the number of stories. When a newer edition is ready, a banner reads “Updated … Reload for the latest.” with a RELOAD button. “Showing the copy from …” means the Wire could not reach its server and is showing the last copy saved in this browser; reload a little later.
- THE DESKThe day in one memo
- TOP 10Open a lead story
- The feedFilter and read
- Side panelsStorylines, filings, signal
04 · Find the news you need
Search, filter and widen the view
Type a company, topic or phrase into SEARCH THE WIRE, or press /. Search matches the headline, summary, source name and tags of the stories in the feed, and works together with the filters below. A link ending ?q= followed by a word opens the Wire with that search.
From the second character, a strip under the search offers matching COMPANIES, which narrow the feed to that company, a UNIVERSE link to the company’s record and matching DEALS. The Universe and Deals links need a subscription.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Category buttons | Choose a beat: Deals & M&A, Earnings & Finance, Legal & Courts, Regulation, Labor, Sports Biz, People Moves, Box Office, Content, AI & Tech, Advertising, Strategy & Ops, Carriage & Distribution, Audience & Measurement, Formats & IP, Creator Economy or Industry. Each shows its count, and a category with no stories in the window is not shown. All removes the restriction. On a phone, +N MORE ▾ shows the rest and FEWER ▴ folds them again. |
| ALL SOURCES | Show the stories of one publication. Choose ALL SOURCES to widen the view again. |
| 24H · 48H · 7D · 14D·ALL | The time window, 48 hours unless you change it. The strongest stories stay visible for up to twice the window you choose. 14D·ALL shows everything in the loaded feed. |
| SORT: RELEVANCE / SORT: LATEST | Relevance puts the desk’s highest-scored stories first. Latest sorts by publication time. A high score is not a confidence rating or a recommendation. |
| REGION | ALL, AMERICAS, EMEA, APAC or GLOBAL DESKS. This follows the region assigned to the source, not the place where the event happened. |
| COMPACT / COMFORTABLE | Switches the row height. The button names the layout you will switch to. |
| LOAD MORE | Adds 60 more matching stories. It does not widen the time window. |
The time window, sort order and row height are remembered in this browser. Category, source, region and search start afresh on each visit.
When nothing matches
The feed shows NOTHING MATCHES with a clear button for each active filter, SHOW ALL 14 DAYS and CLEAR ALL.
- No results?
- Try a shorter name
- Widen to 14D·ALL
- CLEAR ALL
Looking for older coverage
The feed carries the most recent stories, not a full archive, and a busy fortnight can leave its oldest days thin. For a company’s history, open its record in the Universe. For a transaction’s history, open its row in Deals, which lists every report behind it.
05 · From headline to evidence
Open a story, then follow its sources
Select a headline to open the story in place, below its row. READ AT SOURCE ↗ opens the publisher’s full article. The Wire carries an excerpt and context; the publisher may still ask for its own subscription.
| Label | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| NEW | The Wire first saw the story less than two and a half hours ago. |
| 2h AGO | Time since the publisher’s own timestamp. It is separate from the edition’s data age. |
| +N MORE OUTLETS | Other outlets covering the same story, grouped into this one entry. Open the story to compare them. |
| ◆ N SIGNAL | Social posts matched to the story. They appear under SIGNAL ON THIS STORY. |
| Money figure | A figure named in the headline. Read the story or the deal to learn whether it is a price, a valuation or something else. |
| Share move | A listed company’s share move. A date beside it means the last session priced, not today’s move. |
| DOSSIER | The story has a row in the Deals ledger. Select it to open that deal (subscription). |
| Storyline name | Narrows the feed to that ongoing storyline. Select it again to release the filter. |
| XX→EN | The headline was translated from the original language shown. |
| … MARKET | So far only national outlets in that market have covered the story. |
| CATCH-UP · date | A late pickup of an event first reported around that date, not breaking news. |
| WIRE COPY · UNVERIFIED | Syndicated agency copy from an aggregator, whose publication date cannot be checked. |
| ROUNDUP | A digest of several topics. Roundups are kept out of The Desk. |
| Part | How to use it |
|---|---|
| COPY LINK | Copies a link that opens this story on the Wire. |
| SUBSCRIBE TO … | For some publications, a direct route to the publisher’s own subscription. |
| ▶ LISTEN / ■ STOP | Reads the story aloud with your browser’s speech support. Voices and pronunciation depend on your device. |
| COLLAPSE ▲ | Closes the story. |
| Primary source | When present, links to the company’s own filing with the named registry. |
| DEAL, EVENT & FILINGS | The DEAL card names the kind and status of the transaction and offers VIEW IN DEALS → (subscription). The EVENT card shows how firmly a development is confirmed, since when, and how many stories carry it. THE STORY SO FAR lists earlier coverage when there is no event card. FILINGS shows the court case behind a legal story: how the case opened, then rulings and recent docket entries, with Go to case ↗ and Court record ↗. |
| ORGANIZATIONS & CONTEXT | COMPANY and PERSON cards with Universe ↗, Wikipedia ↗ and Website ↗ links and, for a listed company, its latest available quote. A name match does not prove a company’s role in the story. |
| SIGNAL ON THIS STORY | The matched posts. Open a post at its source; engagement does not verify a claim. |
| SAME STORY | Every outlet covering this story, with its own headline, so you can compare reports. |
| RELATED ON THE WIRE | Different stories that share companies or themes. Further reading, not duplicate coverage. |
Not every story has every part. When a publisher supplies no text, the story reads “headline only” and sends you to the source. A translated story shows ORIGINAL with the source, so you can check the wording.
- Select a headline
- Read the excerpt
- Compare SAME STORY
- READ AT SOURCE ↗
06 · Around the feed
Use the side panels
On a wide screen the panels sit to the right of the feed. On a narrower screen they move above it and start folded; open one with its heading or ▸. A panel appears only when it has data to show.
- Open a panel
- Choose a tab or row
- Read the entry
- Follow the original source
AXIOM GEI and INDEX MOVERS
The AXIOM Global Entertainment Index level with its 1W, 1M, YTD and S&P YTD moves, linked to globalentertainmentindex.com. INDEX MOVERS lists the day’s Gainers and Decliners by session move, in local currency. Select a company name to search its stories over the past 72 hours. Market data comes from Yahoo Finance and may be delayed.
THE STORYLINES
Ongoing narratives with seven days of coverage bars. N/7D is the story count for the week, and the arrow shows whether coverage is rising or falling. Select a storyline to filter the feed. This measures coverage, not success or failure in the real world.
THE CALENDAR
The next dates in the diary, with a countdown or NOW. FULL CALENDAR → opens the whole Calendar.
THE PODCASTS
Latest episodes from industry podcasts. The panel moves to the next show every few seconds while it is visible; use the arrows to choose one yourself, which stops the rotation.
THE DOCKET
SEC lists fresh filings by index companies, COURTS lists federal court dockets, and WORLD appears when there are international filings. Select an entry for the filing or case page. A document’s existence is not a finding on its merits.
THE STREET
When market data is available: EARNINGS, INSIDERS, CHATTER and STREET tabs for the index companies. Only tabs with data are shown.
THE SIGNALS
BSKY is Bluesky, REDDIT is Reddit and HN is Hacker News. ON THE WIRE → jumps to the story a post was matched to. Engagement is not verification.
THE TRADES
The publications this Wire reads, with SUBSCRIBE → links to their own subscriptions. A Wire subscription does not include theirs.
The MEDIA CFO panel signs you up, by email, to a separate newsletter. It is not part of your Wire account.
07 · Deals
Find the transaction behind the news
Choose DEALS in the header. The ledger holds every transaction the Wire has recorded, one row per deal rather than one per report. It is part of a subscription; without one, DEALS opens Plans & pricing.
- Choose a viewCORPORATE covers acquisitions, stakes, investments, financing, funding, joint ventures, buybacks and funds. CONTENT & RIGHTS covers rights, licensing, output deals, catalogues, co-productions and formats. ALL brings them together. The ledger opens on CORPORATE.
- Narrow the tableSearch a company, an asset, a title, a territory or a rights type; every word you type must match. Then use the kind, status, view and currency buttons.
- Open a rowSelect anywhere on a row to open its record, and again to close it. Select a column heading, such as Value or Seen, to sort; select it again to reverse the order.
| Group | Choices |
|---|---|
| kind | ALL KINDS, then the kinds present in the view, such as acquisition, stake, licensing or catalogue. |
| status | ANY STATUS, then the reported stage: rumoured, talks, agreed, regulatory, closed, collapsed, lapsed or unknown. NOT YET ASSESSED holds rows still waiting to be read. |
| view | EVERYTHING, PRIVATE ONLY, UNDISCLOSED, PRIMARY SOURCE and NOT A DEAL. The last holds reports the reading judged not to be transactions; they are kept for inspection rather than deleted, and appear under ALL. |
| currency | ALL CURRENCIES, USD and the other currencies present. A currency button keeps the deals written in that currency, plus those with no figure; it does not convert anything. |
Values are shown in US dollars, converted at the European Central Bank reference rate for the day each deal was first reported. A converted figure shows its original currency beneath it. undisclosed means no figure is on record, not zero. The summary tiles above the table describe the whole view: deals, Priced, Converted to USD, Undisclosed, Private companies and Primary source.
Read the columns
| Column | Read it as |
|---|---|
| The sentence | Each corporate row reads as a sentence: who, the verb (acquires, acquires a stake in, invests in, sells and others), whom, and for how much. “— not attributed —” means the reports do not name that party. |
| Value | The figure most outlets report, with its basis where known, such as equity or total term, a stake percentage or a valuation. “also …” lists other figures reported across outlets. |
| Evidence | A grade for the reporting behind the row: filed, confirmed, corroborated, reported, disputed or unverified, with the number of reports and outlets. primary source marks the company’s own release or filing. headline only and reading unsure warn that the extraction had little text or was uncertain. |
| Status | The reported stage of the deal, not a forecast of completion. Where regulators are involved, a bar per jurisdiction shows their progress. |
| Seen | The month and day of the latest report on the deal. |
A link ending with a deal’s identifier, such as the one behind VIEW IN DEALS → on a story, opens the ledger at that row.
08 · Deals, opened
Check the parties, the terms and the clause
An opened row keeps the claim and its evidence together. Its parts appear only when the record holds them.
- Party cards name the buyer, the seller and the asset. “in the register under …” shows the company’s Universe entry; Universe ↗ opens that record, and Wikipedia ↗ and Website ↗ open outside sources. “not in the register” means the Universe has no entry for it. A listed party shows its ticker, price and last close.
- Before the regulators lists each authority and its case, and says which are still open or that all are settled. A dashed line was read from an announcement rather than a case record.
- Terms can include rights, territory, term, seasons, exclusivity and titles. read from says whether they came from the headline alone or the article. claim and asserted by give the certainty reported and who asserted it. The quoted clause is the sentence the terms were taken from.
- Revisions note when a status or value was corrected after the first reading.
- Further sources found by research are listed separately and are not counted in the evidence grade.
- Reports list the coverage behind the row, newest first. Select a headline to read the source.
- Open the row
- Check the parties
- Read the quoted clause
- Open the reports
Below the ledger
What kind of money and How firm the claim is summarise the kinds of deal and the language of the claims. Priced deals, on a log scale spaces values by multiples, so equal distances are not equal amounts. What the filings say sets acquisition spending and buybacks from company filings beside the coverage. What this does not tell you states the ledger’s limits. Read each caption before adding figures together.
How a row is built, under The ledger, explains the method: when two reports count as the same deal, and how each row is read. If a field or party looks wrong, email the deal link, the field and your source to wire-feedback@axiom.vc.
09 · Universe
Find the companies behind the business
Choose UNIVERSE in the header for the register of companies the Wire tracks, many of them private. It is part of a subscription; without one, UNIVERSE opens Plans & pricing.
- Search or browseSearch a name, description, activity or parent. Narrow with All core activities, All countries, the index link filter (Linked to a constituent or Not linked) and the research filter (Researched facts, Filed accounts or Has a headcount).
- Choose the orderSort by Name, Country, Core activity, Ownership, Headcount, Least researched or Least recently verified. Select the active sort again to reverse it.
- Open a recordSelect a company’s row. Its name is a link to the company’s own website, so select elsewhere on the row to open the record. SHOW … MORE adds rows.
A GEI tag marks a company linked to a constituent of the AXIOM Global Entertainment Index. Three small marks beside a name show how deep its research goes: on the register, accounts filed, or researched. When nothing matches, CLEAR ALL removes the search and the filters.
A link to a record, such as Universe ↗ on a story or a deal, opens the Universe with that company marked LINKED and its record open.
10 · Inside a Universe record
Read a company’s record
An open record shows the sections its research supports, with a last verified date at the top. Select the row again, or open another, to close it.
| Section | What you can learn |
|---|---|
| Identity | Company number, LEI and other identifiers, founding year, legal form, register status, sector, core activity and ownership, with when the Wire first saw it and last verified it. |
| Addresses and Other offices | The location and registered address, where recorded. |
| Ownership | The chain of parents up to the ultimate parent, with index constituents marked. |
| Subsidiaries | Companies recorded under this one. |
| Filed accounts | Figures read from filed accounts, such as employees, turnover or revenue, profit or loss, equity and cash. “not filed” and “not tagged” mean the figure is absent from the filing, not zero. |
| Key people | Current officers, where recorded. Titles change; check the company’s own sources. |
| Company facts | The stated purpose, as registered. |
| Links & sources | The website and registry links the record was built from. Follow the registry to confirm legal identity and current details. |
Facts marked verified or corroborated say how they were checked. The Universe is curated and incomplete: a missing section means the research holds nothing for it yet.
11 · Calendar
Plan around the industry’s diary
Choose CALENDAR in the header for festivals, markets, investor conferences, trade shows and awards, grouped by month. Any account can open it, free accounts included.
- Narrow the diaryChoose ALL or a region, each with its count, and VERIFIED ONLY. Regions include EUR, UK, DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), NAM (North America), LATAM (Latin America), MENA (Middle East and North Africa), APAC (Asia-Pacific) and GLOBAL. Your choice is remembered.
- Check the dateThe VERIFIED mark means the dates were confirmed against the event’s own site or a trade source. A ~ marks an expected window, shown dimmed, still being watched. The IN column counts the days to the start; NOW means under way.
- Open the organiserSelect the event name for its official website. Confirm dates, tickets and accreditation there before you arrange travel.
TIER 1 is an editorial marker for the most important events. PRESS means press access information is recorded; it is not accreditation. Events whose dates are not fixed sit at the end under ROLLING, which VERIFIED ONLY hides. The line at the top says when the diary was last checked and how many events are on file.
Submit an event
At the foot of the page, fill in SUBMIT YOUR EVENT. EVENT NAME and OFFICIAL WEBSITE are required; city, country, dates, type, your email and notes help. Press SUBMIT FOR VERIFICATION and wait for the reply. The Wire verifies the event against its official site before listing it, so a submission does not appear at once.
12 · Make it comfortable
Use the keyboard or a smaller screen
The shortcuts work on the Wire page, outside text fields. Letter shortcuts use the unshifted letters. Press ?, or choose Show keyboard help in the footer of the Wire page, for the Keyboard navigation panel. Close it with ?, Esc or CLOSE; focus returns to where you were.
- ↓Select a headline
- →Read the story
- OGo to the source
- ←Close the story
Enter or → opens the selected story, and pressing either again closes it. When a link or button has focus, Enter activates that control instead. O opens the selected story’s source in a new tab.
Esc works from the inside out: it closes the SOURCES list, leaves a text field, closes keyboard help or the bug report, closes the open story, and then clears the search or company filter. It does not reset the category, source, time or region filters; use their own controls, or the wordmark. Shortcuts with Ctrl, Command or Alt keep their usual browser meaning.
The story keys do not act on Deals, Universe or Calendar; use Tab and Enter there. On the public pages, this manual included, / moves to the SEARCH THE WIRE box in the header.
On a phone or tablet
The Desk starts folded on a phone unless you have chosen otherwise. The side panels move above the feed and start folded. +N MORE ▾ shows the remaining categories. On narrower screens the destinations fold behind the menu button in the header. Swipe sideways along the clocks and wide tables.
Light, dark and larger text
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13 · Help improve the Wire
Send a useful correction or report
A wrong fact
Email wire-feedback@axiom.vc, the address in every footer. Include the link to the story or deal, what is wrong and the source that shows it. Each report is investigated and, where the Wire is wrong, corrected.
A broken control or page
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14 · Your account
Billing, renewal and cancellation
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15 · What comes next
New features and guide updates
This is a living manual. When a feature reaches readers, it gets its own section here with the steps, the access it needs and answers to common problems. Features that have not been released are not described, and no release dates are promised.
- Feature releasedAvailable on the Wire
- Guide updatedSteps and answers
- Date changesIn the sidebar
This edition: email sign-in, the Wire page, the Deals ledger, the Universe, the Calendar, keyboard shortcuts and subscription help, as of September 2026.
16 · Questions, answered
FAQ & troubleshooting
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Signing in
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Reading and finding information
Why is the feed empty or showing fewer stories?
Filters combine. Clear the search and any category, source, region, company or storyline filter, and widen the window. The time window, sort and row height are remembered from your last visit. A load error needs a reload; it is different from a search with no matches.
Does search cover every past article?
No. Search covers the stories in the Wire’s recent feed, not a full archive. For a company’s background use the Universe; for a transaction and every report behind it use Deals.
How do I know I am seeing the latest edition?
Read the data age above the feed separately from each story’s age. When the banner offers RELOAD, a newer edition is ready. “Showing the copy from …” means the Wire could not reach its server; reload later.
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A Wire subscription covers the Wire. It does not include a publisher’s own subscription; the source link opens the publisher’s site on its own terms.
Why do two figures for the same deal disagree?
Outlets report different things: a price, a valuation, a total-term value or a stake. An older report may carry an earlier figure. The ledger shows the figure most outlets report and lists the others as “also …”. Read the basis, the claim and the reports. If the source was misread, send the deal link and the source to wire-feedback@axiom.vc.
Are deal values converted between currencies?
Values are shown in US dollars at the European Central Bank reference rate for the day the deal was first reported, with the original figure beneath. The currency buttons only filter: they keep deals written in that currency, plus those with no figure.
Why is a company, event or figure missing?
Coverage is curated and incomplete. A blank figure means none is on record, not zero. Try a shorter name or another spelling, and check the filters. Send additions, with a source, to wire-feedback@axiom.vc; events can go through the Calendar’s SUBMIT YOUR EVENT form.
How do I report a duplicate or wrongly grouped story?
Copy the story’s link with COPY LINK and send it with both source links, saying what was grouped wrongly. Use Report a bug on the Wire page, or email wire-feedback@axiom.vc.
Why is LISTEN silent or a translation missing?
LISTEN uses your browser’s speech support, so available voices depend on your device; check its volume and stop with ■ STOP. Not every story is translated. When one is, ORIGINAL shows the source so you can compare the wording.
Can I use the Wire with the keyboard?
Yes. On the Wire page, press ? or choose Show keyboard help in the footer. Shortcuts work outside text fields; see the keyboard map.
Subscriptions and billing
Where do I manage my subscription?
Choose MANAGE in the account area at the foot of the Wire page. It appears for Monthly and Annual plans. If it is missing or does nothing, email hello@axiom.vc rather than starting a second subscription.
How do I cancel?
Follow the cancellation steps in the billing portal and keep the confirmation, or email hello@axiom.vc. No call or reason is needed. Cancelling takes effect at the end of the period you have paid for, and you keep access until then.
How does the free trial end?
Monthly and Annual begin with a 14-day free trial, with nothing charged during it. You are reminded three days before it becomes a charge. To stop, cancel in MANAGE before the trial ends; that costs nothing.
When will I be charged, and when does access end?
The billing portal shows your next charge and its date. The account area at the foot of the Wire page shows your plan and the date your current period runs to. After cancelling, your confirmation gives the end date.
How do I get an invoice or receipt?
Use the invoice history in the billing portal. Link, which handles payments, also sends receipts by email. For a correction to an invoice, email hello@axiom.vc with the invoice reference.
How do I update a card or fix a failed payment?
Add the new card in the billing portal and follow any steps for an unpaid invoice. If a payment fails, access can be paused until it succeeds. Reload the Wire once it has; email hello@axiom.vc if access does not return.
Can I switch between monthly and annual?
Use the portal’s plan option when it is offered, and check the amount and the date before you confirm. Otherwise email hello@axiom.vc to arrange the change without a second subscription.
How do I arrange access for a team?
Send the enquiry form with your company, the plan and roughly how many people. Each person needs their own access; the Terms do not allow a sign-in to be shared.
How do I ask about a refund, VAT or an unexpected charge?
Email hello@axiom.vc with your account email, the invoice reference and a short explanation. The Terms, section 6 set out when refunds apply; this manual does not change them.
I may have subscribed twice. What should I do?
Email hello@axiom.vc with both account emails and invoice references before changing anything else. Do not send card numbers or sign-in links.
Help
What should I include when asking for help?
Include the page or story link, the time, your browser and device, and the steps that led to the problem. A screenshot helps; remove billing details and sign-in links first. Use wire-feedback@axiom.vc for errors and hello@axiom.vc for your account and billing.
How do I close my account or ask about my data?
There is no self-service deletion. Cancel any subscription first, then email hello@axiom.vc from your account address. The Privacy notice explains what is kept and your rights.