Your knowledge.
Your permissions.
At your fingertips.
Your knowledge. Your permissions. At your fingertips.
Search results with ranked documents
The Problem
Five problems. One answer.
Your team loses hours every week to tasks that one knowledge system can handle in seconds.
1.8 hours a day digging through drives, inboxes, and chat threads for one answer.
HR, IT, and Legal field the same queries week after week.
Weeks of ramp-up reading tribal knowledge that lives in people’s heads.
20% of the week tracking down the one person who knows — and they’re in a meeting.
The right version of the right policy — buried three folders deep.
How we built it
Nothing moves. Nothing changes. Everything improves.
Fits into your existing infrastructure. No new data stores, no new permission systems.
No data warehouse needed
Indexes your content in place. Files stay on the same shares, same folders, same policies.
Your security model, as-is
Integrates with Active Directory or your existing SSO. No parallel permission system to manage.
PII never enters the index
Content is anonymised during indexing. Only the meaning and structure needed to find answers.
Why Athena
AI that fits around how you already work
Other AI tools force you to move data, rebuild permissions, and manage a new platform. Athena does none of that.
Your data stays put
No warehouse. No migration. Indexes your existing stores in place. Files never move.
Your permissions, unchanged
Integrates with your existing identity provider. No new security model. Same access as always.
PII never stored
Anonymised during indexing. The search index holds only the meaning needed to find answers.
Features
Everything your team needs
Anonymised from the moment it is indexed
Personal data is removed during indexing. The search index holds only the meaning needed to find answers. No names, no identifiers.
- PII automatically removed during indexing
- No data shared with Athena AI or any third party
- Air-gapped deployment available
- Every query and access event audit-logged
How it works
From raw documents to sourced answers in minutes
The entire pipeline runs on your hardware.
Connect where your data already lives
Point Athena at shared drives, SharePoint, email archives, or code repositories. Nothing moves.
Index and anonymise
Content is read, understood, and stripped of PII before entering the index.
Respect existing permissions
AD groups, SSO policies, and access controls used as-is. No new security model.
Answer any question
Ask in plain English. Get an answer with links to the source documents.
Capabilities
What makes Athena different
Where other AI tools fall short, and how Athena does it differently.
Searches where your data already lives
Connects to shared drives, SharePoint, email archives, and code repositories. Indexes them all in place.
Respects your existing permissions
Reads your AD groups, SSO policies, and access controls as they are. Nothing new to configure.
Anonymises everything it indexes
Personal data is stripped before anything enters the search index.
Finds exactly what matters
Combines keyword and meaning-based search for the most relevant results, not just keyword matches.
Works with any content
PDFs, Word, spreadsheets, presentations, and code in any language. No specialist configuration.
Stays current automatically
New and updated documents are indexed automatically. No manual maintenance.
Comparison
Athena vs. the alternatives
Cloud RAG APIs require sending your data out. DIY takes months of engineering. Athena gives you both without the trade-offs.
| Feature | Athena | Cloud RAG API | DIY On-Prem |
|---|---|---|---|
| No data warehouse or migration needed | |||
| Uses existing permissions as-is | Manual | ||
| PII anonymised in index | |||
| Data stays on your infrastructure | |||
| No data sent to third parties | |||
| No usage-based charges | |||
| Automatically optimised for your hardware | |||
| Combined keyword and meaning-based search | Varies | ||
| Relevance-based result ranking | Paid add-on | ||
| Audit logs | Paid tier | Manual | |
| Air-gap compatible | |||
| Production-ready on installation |
Under the hood
Open-source models, closed network
Every component runs on your infrastructure. Open-source models. None of it calls home.
AI & Language Models
vLLM
Runs AI models locally. No cloud dependency
Qwen · Mistral · DeepSeek · Llama
Leading open-weight model families, running locally
Sentence Transformers
Local document processing. Nothing leaves your network
Vision Models
Image, diagram, and scanned document understanding
Search & Data
ChromaDB
Sub-100ms search results
PostgreSQL
Users, sessions, metadata, and full audit trail
Redis
Query caching and inter-service messaging
Hybrid search
Keyword and meaning-based search, ranked by relevance
Infrastructure
Docker
16 independent services, consistent across environments
FastAPI
Python API with auto-generated reference docs
Nginx
Reverse proxy with TLS 1.3, HSTS, and security headers
Prometheus + Grafana
Built-in monitoring, dashboards, and alerting
Connectors
Microsoft 365
SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Azure DevOps
Atlassian · Notion · Slack
Confluence, Jira, and collaboration tools
Git providers
GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, with commit history
Cloud storage + databases
S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Security & Compliance
Azure AD / SSO
Your existing identity provider, as-is
AES-256-GCM encryption
Every document encrypted at rest
GDPR & HIPAA audit logs
Every query and access event recorded
Zero external calls
No telemetry, no callbacks. Everything stays on your network
Athena ROI Calculator
Calculate your savings with Athena
See how much your organisation could save by cutting the time staff spend searching for information.
Net annual savings with Athena
per year (after Athena licence cost)
47,667
hours recovered per year
£2,000
licence / retainer per month
£12,000
one-time setup
£1,125,000 currently wasted per year
Talk to us about Athena pricingPlans
Simple, predictable pricing
Flat monthly licence plus one-time setup. No per-seat or per-query charges.
Early Adopter Programme
90% off
Lock in 90% off implementation, guaranteed for three years. No per-seat fees. No per-query charges. The same flat rate as you grow.
Apply for early accessStandard
Full platform licence with support, updates, and SLA.
- Athena platform licence
- All platform connectors (15+)
- Advanced search with intelligent ranking
- Multi-user access controls & SSO
- Audit logging
- Security patches & updates
- ½ support day / month
- 3-business-day SLA
Enterprise
Priority SLA, dedicated support, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 ready.
- Everything in Standard
- Offline / air-gapped deployment
- On-site installation & training
- 2 support days / month
- 1-business-day SLA
- Dedicated account manager
- Workshops & advanced training
- Compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2)
One-time implementation fee
Based on organisation size. Includes deployment, integration, training, and 90-day support.
| Size | Users | Standard | Early Adopter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | Up to 500 users | From £5,000 | From £500 |
| Medium | 500 – 2,500 users | From £25,000 | From £2,500 |
| Large | 2,500+ users | From £75,000 | From £7,500 |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
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