AthenaHQ
AthenaHQ is a YC Winter 2025 (W25) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 12.
About AthenaHQ
Summary
AthenaHQ builds a generative engine optimization platform that helps B2B marketing teams get their brands surfaced by AI search tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. The platform tracks brand visibility across more than eleven large language models, surfaces content optimization recommendations, and analyzes citation sources. It replaces manual, fragmented tracking workflows with a single command center for AI search strategy.
Business model
Paid plans with a free audit entry point, plus enterprise sales for larger teams.
Go-to-market
Marketing teams at mid-market and enterprise companies are the primary buyers; they can start with a self-serve free audit or book a demo for a sales-assisted onboarding.
From the Y Combinator listing
Get Your Brand Discovered on AI Search.
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 using generative engine optimization (GEO). AI search is expected to overtake traditional search in the next 3 years. 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.
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Marketing
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 12
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
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