# AthenaHQ

> AthenaHQ is a San Francisco AI-search optimization platform that helps brands see, measure, and improve how they appear inside generative engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Founded in 2025 by ex-Google Search and DeepMind PM Andrew Yan and ex-ServiceNow engineer Alan Yao, the Y Combinator-backed company treats GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) as the successor to traditional SEO, analyzing millions of AI responses to tell companies whether AI models recommend them - and what to change if they don't.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Andrew Yan (Co-Founder & CEO), Alan Yao (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~12-16 employees
- **Products:** Monitoring, Prompt Volume, Content Agents, Brand Integrity, Ecommerce (Shopify)
- **Notable:** Launched from stealth in 2025 with a $2.2M seed round., Grew to 200+ customers including public companies like SoFi and Coinbase., Analyzes 3M+ real-world AI responses mapped to 300K+ citation sites.

## Products & services

- **Monitoring** — Continuously measures how a brand performs across generative AI engines - ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and others - tracking mentions, sentiment and share of voice.
- **Prompt Volume** — Estimates and tracks the real-world prompts customers use, so brands know which AI-search queries actually drive discovery.
- **Content Agents** — AI agents that generate GEO-ready content and recommendations to protect and improve a brand's visibility inside AI answers.
- **Brand Integrity** — Detects AI hallucinations and factual errors about a brand and flags them so teams can correct the record.
- **Ecommerce (Shopify)** — Shopify integration that publishes geo-ready product content optimized for AI shopping and answer engines.
- **Agency Workspace** — A pitch-and-manage workspace for agencies running GEO/AEO programs on behalf of multiple clients.

## Achievements

- Launched from stealth in 2025 with a $2.2M seed round.
- Grew to 200+ customers including public companies like SoFi and Coinbase.
- Analyzes 3M+ real-world AI responses mapped to 300K+ citation sites.
- Backed by Y Combinator and angels from DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Announced $2.2M seed round to build what it calls the world's fastest generative engine optimization platform.
- **2025-01** — Launched from stealth with GEO/AEO monitoring across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini.

## Links

- Website: https://athenahq.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/athena-hq/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/getathenahq

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Last updated: 2026-07-07