Tools that keep thinkingwith the student.
ATHENA surfaces assumptions, open questions, and gaps in an argument. It does not write the work — it helps learners see their own reasoning clearly enough to improve it.
Philosophy
ATHENA asks questions and organises ideas. The student decides what stands.
Claim maps and literature searches use retrieved papers — not model memory.
Designed for thesis prep and structured exercises where the work must remain the student’s.
The larger vision
A double learning loop: one for the student, one for the teacher.
The student loop
Dialogue on a real assignment, a map of the student’s own reasoning, and feedback built from that map. This is what you can try today, on thesis preparation.
The teacher loop
The teacher calibrates ATHENA with course concepts, literature, and learning goals. Students’ reasoning maps aggregate into cohort maps, so assessment shows how the class thinks — not only what it scores.
Prototype for learning systems
A prototype for university learning systems.
ATHENA is a working demo of how AI can make assumptions and disagreement visible without taking over the thinking.