GUDEA is a Minneapolis-based narrative-intelligence company that maps how information moves across people, groups and more than 600 platforms, then predicts how far a narrative will spread, when it will take off and when it will fade. It grew out of the George Washington Initiative nonprofit and spun out as a company in 2023, focusing first on reputational risk for large businesses. In October 2026 it raised a $7M seed round co-led by Mudita Venture Partners and Silicon Road Ventures, bringing total funding to about $15M.