Your knowledge.
Your permissions.
At your fingertips.
Enterprise search that indexes your documents in place, respects your existing permissions, and answers questions with sourced citations. Nothing leaves your network.
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.
Features
Everything your team needs
Every answer links back to the original document
Combines keyword and meaning-based search to find the most relevant passages, then generates a clear answer with citations.
- Every answer cites the source document and page
- Keyword and semantic search combined for precision
- Results ranked by relevance, not recency
- Reduces hallucination by grounding responses in your data
How it works
From raw documents to sourced answers in minutes
The entire pipeline runs on your hardware.
We deploy on your hardware
Our engineers install Athena on your infrastructure. Docker containers, GPU detection, and networking configured in days.
Connect your sources
Point Athena at SharePoint, shared drives, email archives, code repos, or databases. 30+ connectors available.
Automatic indexing begins
Documents are chunked, embedded, and indexed in the background. The search index stays current as content changes.
Your team starts asking questions
Ask in plain English. Get a sourced answer with links to the original documents, in seconds.
Capabilities
What makes Athena different
Where other AI tools fall short, and how Athena does it differently.
Runs entirely on your infrastructure
Every query is processed on hardware you control. No data leaves your network, ever. Air-gap compatible for regulated environments.
Open-source models, no vendor lock-in
Built on Qwen, Mistral, DeepSeek, and Llama. No proprietary model dependency. Swap, upgrade, or fine-tune at any time.
Optimised for your hardware automatically
Detects your GPU configuration and selects the best model, context length, and batch size. No manual tuning required.
Full audit trail
Every query, every access event, and every answer is logged. GDPR and HIPAA-ready compliance reporting out of the box.
Flat-fee pricing, no per-query charges
One monthly licence covers unlimited users and unlimited queries. Costs stay predictable as adoption grows.
Production-grade from day one
Built-in monitoring, alerting, TLS termination, and health checks. 16 containerised services designed for reliability.
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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