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AthenaHQ

Get Your Brand Discovered on ChatGPT.

Make sure your brand doesn't get left behind by the paradigm shift from traditional search to generative search. AthenaHQ helps your brand get discovered on generative engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and more. Generative engine search is expected to overtake traditional search in the next 3 years. Currently, there is no de facto solution for managing a brand's perception on these generative engines. We are building AthenaHQ to fill that gap. Team of former product manager on Google Search's information acquisition team, Deepmind Generative Media team, and ChatGPT superusers.
AthenaHQ
Founded:2025
Team Size:2
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Group Partner:Harj Taggar
Active Founders

Andrew Yan, Co-Founder, CEO

Co-founder AthenaHQ--helping brands get discovered on ChatGPT. Formerly @googlesearch @deepmind @usarmylab @columbia In previous life, played in the band that inspired the Oscar-winning movie Whiplash.
Andrew Yan
Andrew Yan
AthenaHQ

Alan Yao, Co-Founder

Co-founder & CTO at AthenaHQ, with a past as a jazz trombonist
Alan Yao
Alan Yao
AthenaHQ
Company Launches
AthenaHQ: Get Your Brand Discovered on ChatGPT
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Hey everyone, we’re Andrew and Alan — co-founders of AthenaHQ.

TL;DR

AthenaHQ helps companies see how their brand appears on generative engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and more. Make sure your company doesn’t get left behind in the paradigm shift from traditional to generative search.

The Problem

In the past, majority of website visits came from traditional Google Search. Now, sites are increasingly getting it from generative engines like ChatGPT.

From our conversations, we found anecdotally that site traffic attributed to generative engines is increasing month-over-month, picking up in the past few months since the launch of ChatGPT Search in October 2024. Traditional search engine volume is predicted to drop 25% by 2026, and 50% by 2028, replaced by traffic originating from generative engines like ChatGPT.

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The Solution

AthenaHQ helps your brand adapt to the fast-changing world of generative engines with our monitoring solution and action center. We give you a 360 degree view of possible ways customers are discovering your brand and centralize actionables you can take in our action center. Our copilot Athena generates first drafts of actions you can take to improve your AI engine posture.

AthenaHQ Team

Andrew (left) was formerly a product manager on Google Search’s information acquisition team and also worked on the generative media team on Deepmind, where he saw firsthand how brand management is changing in the AI age.

Alan (right) has been at the forefront of consumer and AI since pre-ChatGPT, having donated to OpenAI in 2019 back when it was a nonprofit.

Our Ask

Curious what ChatGPT is saying about your brand? Want to track what queries you do well and how you’re trending?

Know any marketing friends who don’t want to miss out on this paradigm shift?

Follow us on LinkedIn and feel free to email us at andrew@athenahq.ai or schedule time directly on our website: athenahq.ai