The AI copilot for local government decision-making. Built for transparency, designed for trust.
The Challenge
Every major decision requires synthesizing hundreds of pages across transport, housing, and energy. Officer time is consumed by document review instead of strategic analysis.
Pages per OBC
Budget cut since 2010
Average officer review time
The Solution
ATHENA analyzes business cases at machine speed while keeping humans in control. Ask questions, get evidence-backed answers, make better decisions faster.
Analyze hundreds of pages in seconds. Extract key insights, risks, and recommendations from complex documents.
Purpose-built for UK appraisal standards. Understands OBC structure, value for money, and strategic fit.
Every answer cites sources. Officers maintain control. Designed for transparency and accountability.
How It Works
Securely upload your Outline Business Case and supporting materials to ATHENA's encrypted environment.
ATHENA reads and indexes the entire case, identifying key arguments, risks, dependencies, and evidence.
Query the case in natural language. Get instant answers with direct citations to source documents.
Request summaries, risk assessments, comparisons to policy, or alternative scenario analyses.
Use AI-enhanced understanding to inform recommendations while maintaining full officer control and accountability.
Expected Outcomes
AI as a force multiplier for democratic decision-making — amplifying officer expertise, not replacing human judgment.
Time Savings
Reduction in document review time
Decision Quality
More comprehensive risk analysis
Capacity
More cases analyzed per officer
Based on early trials with UK local authorities. Actual results vary by use case, document complexity, and officer experience.
Built for Trust
ATHENA is designed as a copilot, not an autopilot. Officers use AI to enhance their analysis and accelerate review, but every decision remains under human control.
Every answer includes source citations
Officers maintain full decision authority
No black-box recommendations
Built for UK public sector standards
Data never used for model training
Full audit trail of all queries
Unlike general-purpose AI tools, ATHENA is purpose-built for democratic accountability. Every response shows exactly where information came from, making it suitable for formal decision processes.
COUNCIL CONTROL
Your documents, your infrastructure, your governance. ATHENA adapts to your existing processes and approval workflows.
Pilot Programme
We're partnering with forward-thinking councils to validate ATHENA on real business cases across three strategic domains.
Major infrastructure projects and strategic transport planning
Development schemes and affordable housing initiatives
Net zero programs and energy infrastructure decisions
ATHENA understands HM Treasury's Green Book framework for appraisal and evaluation. The system is trained to recognise: