The person across the table from you negotiates pay for a living. You do it maybe once every few years. Athena closes that gap. It’s a real-time voice coach for pay conversations, built for directors, VPs and the C-suite.

It isn’t a chatbot you read tips from. You talk to it out loud, it plays the hiring manager or recruiter, and it pushes back the way they would. Afterwards you get feedback on your framing, your language and where you could have pushed harder or pulled back. You can rehearse the same conversation ten times at midnight before the call.

what it helps with

Knowing your number. Benchmark your current pay by role, level, industry and location, even if you aren’t job hunting.
One offer. Athena researches the company and role first, then you rehearse the counter, the pushback and the walk-away.
Several offers. Benchmark each one, pick which levers to pull, sequence the conversations, and practise creating competitive tension without burning bridges.
Equity, not only base. Bonus frameworks, RSU and option schedules, and how they vest.

how you use it

1 · text Athena on iMessage, no sign-up

2 · call one tap, talk it through

3 · rehearse until it feels familiar

4 · walk in ready

There’s also a native Mac app. It lives in the menu bar and can connect to Granola.

Everything stays private. Sessions, offers and counter-drafts aren’t shared with employers, recruiters or anyone else.

log

2026-10 · this page.
2026-05-03 · Mac app v0.1.5, signed and notarised, public download.
2026-04-20 · Mac app v0.1.0, first build, with a menu bar entry and a Granola connector.