Gudea raises $7M to detect social media brand crises across 500 platforms
Gudea raised $7 million in seed funding in a round co-led by Mudita Venture Partners and Silicon Road Ventures, bringing its total funding to approximately $15 million. The startup announced the news after pitching on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
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- Gudea raised $7 million co-led by Mudita Venture Partners and Silicon Road Ventures, totaling $15 million raised.
- The platform monitors narrative pathways across more than 500 platforms, including X, Reddit, and TikTok.
- CEO Keith Presley says 9 out of 10 online phenomena the company monitors now show inauthentic activity.
Founded in 2023 by Keith Presley, Jonathan Sperber, and James Thomin, the company monitors information flow across more than 500 mainstream and fringe platforms, including X, Reddit, and TikTok. Rather than counting hashtags or impressions like traditional social listening tools, Gudea uses AI to track how narratives spread, who drives them, and where they might go next.
Gudea reports having nearly 40 clients, which Presley says include a Fortune 50 telecommunications firm, a Fortune 50 retailer, an unnamed major AI lab, PR agencies, and government bodies. The company plans to introduce narrative geolocation next year to trace online conversations down to the city-block level.
Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt
TechCrunch AI · 15 October 2026
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