Built for advocates. Designed around privacy.
We built Athena because we saw the immense potential of AI to transform advocacy — but we refused to compromise on security or privacy.
Why we built Athena.
And why the data in your care
matters.
Privacy isn't a footnote. It's the foundation.
The Vision
The Risk
We didn't want our own health histories sitting on cloud servers, or being used as training data for third-party AI. If we wouldn't accept that for ourselves, we certainly couldn't ask other veterans and their advocates to accept it either. That conviction made on-device AI a non-negotiable from day one.
When you're dealing with years of complex service records and medical histories — whether you're an advocate with dozens of veterans in your care, or a veteran managing your own claim — the stakes are too high for anything less.
The Focus
An advocate's real value isn't in spending endless hours manually organising evidence — it's in constructing the narrative and advocating for your veterans. SOP lookups should be instant. Managing records should be secure and intuitive.
The Solution
So we built an alternative: a powerful, on-device AI that runs entirely on your iPad or Mac. No cloud servers. No data egress. No exceptions. Just the intelligence you need, kept exactly where it belongs.
What we stand for
Privacy, Always
The data in your care never leaves the device. Not sometimes. Not when it's convenient. Zero cloud. Zero exceptions.
Simplicity at Scale
Advocates manage dozens of veterans with mountains of records. Athena removes the administrative burden so you can do what only you can do — advocate.
Veterans First
This is personal. Every feature is designed to improve outcomes for the veterans at the centre of these claims.