LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Alan Yao posted that AthenaHQ is live inside ChatGPT.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
AthenaHQ is a San Francisco-based AI search optimization platform for marketing teams, focused on Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) / Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). It helps brands monitor how they appear in AI-generated answers, benchmark competitors, and turn visibility insights into actions across content, PR, commerce, and SEO workflows.
Primary product
AthenaHQ platform for AI search visibility monitoring, citation intelligence, competitive benchmarking, and GEO/AEO actions
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI search optimization / AEO / GEO software
Business model
SaaS
subscription
usage-based credits
enterprise contracts
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder, CEO
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Ganesh Asapu
Member of Technical Staff
Founding GTM
Founding GTM
Founding Engineering Manager
Product Engineer
Founding Engineer
Operations
Work & culture
Public materials emphasize operator-led execution, AI search expertise, weekly shipping, cross-functional collaboration, and a product-minded growth culture. The team page also suggests a fast-paced startup environment.
Compensation
No public salary bands were found. Public job posts emphasize founding roles and startup equity-style positioning, but not compensation specifics.
Benefits
Unlimited seats
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Google and Microsoft OAuth
SAML/OIDC SSO (enterprise)
Audit logs (enterprise)
White-glove setup and enablement (enterprise)
Dedicated Slack channel (enterprise)
2-hour SLA (enterprise)
Product & market
Pricing
Self-serve subscription at $295/month with included credits, plus optional add-on credits and API access; enterprise pricing is custom.
Differentiators
- —Built specifically for AEO/GEO rather than traditional SEO
- —Citation intelligence and source tracing for AI answers
- —Action layer that turns insights into on-page/off-page workflows
- —Unlimited seats with RBAC on self-serve
- —Enterprise features for multi-region, SSO, audit logs, and BI dashboards
- —Integrations with GA4, GSC, Shopify, and Webflow
- —Founding team with Google Search, DeepMind, and ServiceNow backgrounds
Technology
ClickHouse
Google Analytics 4
Google Search Console
Shopify
Webflow
Tableau
Power BI
Looker
SAML
OIDC
OAuth
CSV export
Customers
Coinbase
SoFi
Oura Ring
ZoomInfo
Wix
Slalom
Opella
PagerDuty
Nextiva
Indiana University
Verito
Rootly
Lago
Nuvadermis
Grüns
Competitors
Profound
Peec AI
Otterly.ai
Scrunch AI
MaxAEO
Rankscale
Indexly
FixAEO
Scale & contact
Estimated monthly visits
44.5K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
AthenaHQ LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Introduced Athena AI, a conversational AI copilot that queries real-time brand data across 8+ AI platforms and returns next-step recommendations.
AthenaHQ Blog · May 2026
Blog index references a post validating citation engine performance on 1,761 published articles.
AthenaHQ · Mar 2026
Announces a strategic partnership to connect AthenaHQ's AI-search insight layer with Noble's brand mention placement workflow.
AthenaHQ Resources · Feb 2026
Comparison page positioning AthenaHQ versus a major competitor in the AEO/GEO category.
Jobs and careers at AthenaHQ
4 jobs at AthenaHQ
Founding Product Marketer
On-site
Go-to-Market
SF In-Person
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Growth Engineer
On-site
Product and Engineering
SF In-Person
4mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Founding Growth Marketer
On-site
Go-to-Market
SF In-Person
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Product Engineer
On-site
Product and Engineering
San Francisco, California
9mo ago
On-site
Full-time