AthenaHQ

United States - San Francisco, California

• 18/06/2025
• Seed
• $2,200,000

AthenaHQ is a leading GenAI Search and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) platform designed to help the world’s largest brands increase visibility and maximize business outcomes in the era of AI-driven search.

Trusted by next-gen marketing teams at Ollie, Coupons.com, Checkr, OneSignal, and more, we empower brands to monitor, analyze, and improve their visibility across the evolving landscape of GenAI-search.

Backed by Y Combinator, Eli Schwartz, and current and former CMOs, AthenaHQ is the preferred AI-search partner for forward-thinking marketing organizations

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Andrew Yan 🏛️Co Founder

United States - San Francisco, California

Co-Founder and CEO of AthenaHQ, former Google Search product manager.

Follow to stay on top of AI Search.

My Background:

When I was working on Google Search, I saw how the surface area of search changing faster than ever before. I founded AthenaHQ with Alan to help companies protect their brand image on ChatGPT and evolve with the marketing channel of tomorrow.

Personal website: andrewyan.xyz

Product, research, and engineering experience across Google, Deepmind, startups, and US Army Lab.

Technical experience in C++, Python, Go, Java, C, React, Node.js, Flask, Django, PostgreSQL, AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, SQL, Sklearn, and OpenCV

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-yan-200/