Athena
11 statements across 1 episodes · 8 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 10, 2025 by Jonathan Swanson · said 17 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025 positive
AI will absorb admin work as assistants shift to high-level management
“The human assistant will focus more on project management and high-level work and really be that, like, caretaker, the empathy, that partner. And the machine will increasingly do the more rote, mechanical, administrative stuff.”
Dec 10, 2025 neutral
Jonathan Swanson employs six specialized personal assistants for different life domains
“I just had one that did everything as a generalist, and now a half dozen, which I know sounds crazy, but each one specializes in different things. One is on work, one is on home, one is on kids, family, travel finances.”
Dec 10, 2025 positive
A new executive assistant's first project should be saving their own salary
“So the first thing I'd recommend if you're getting an assistant is to have them help you save money. If you have a big budget, not a big deal, but the first project can be, Hey, help. Pay for your salary by looking through all my subscriptions, finding things …”
Dec 10, 2025 positive
Personal leverage from executive assistants drives ambition, not vice versa
“People assume that people of great power or wealth or resources can afford this team. And then that is why they have this ambition. But we've actually seen the opposite is the case, is as people get more leverage with Assistant, their ambition increases.”
Dec 10, 2025 positive
Dec 10, 2025 bullish
Dec 10, 2025 bullish
Athena prototyped an AI that monitors screens to auto-delegate tasks
“We've built an internal demo of this. It's not live for customers, but the way it works is we build something that watches your screen as you work, and it screenshots the screen, and when it identifies things that you should be delegating to your assistant, it…”
Dec 10, 2025 positive
Grant assistant access in stages, starting with email before banking
“Obviously, you need someone you truly trust to go deep with, and we kind of recommend that you build this trust over time, and, you know, you give email and calendar access at first and bank account later but as you earn that trust, then the more access you gi…”
Dec 10, 2025
Top executive assistants only perform as well as their delegator
“If you look at the best performing assistants at Athena, they work for the best delegators. It's not a coincidence. The reason they're the best is because someone has figured out how to export their ideas Decompose projects, create SOPs in a way that helps the…”