Companies bought the AI. Now they need people to use it
Louise Ballard, co-founder and CEO of Atheni AI, has a mission - to ensure that when it comes to AI, nobody gets left behind. "As AI becomes embedded across every profession, we don't want to create a... As organisations race to deploy AI, UK startup Atheni AI is helping employees turn ChatGPT and Copilot from standalone tools into everyday ways of working.
Key Takeaways
- Artificial Intelligence Companies bought the AI.
Now they need people to use it As organisations race to deploy AI, UK startup Atheni AI is helping employees turn ChatGPT and Copilot from standalone tools into everyday ways of working.
- Ballard spent three decades in corporate communications before selling her PR agency to Huntsworth in 2009.
After recovering from two cancers, she reconnected with future co-founder Mackenzie Howe, an entrepreneur and former institutional investment consultant.
- Can they provide the right context?
- A global study released this week by CambrianEdge.
ai, which surveyed 775 AI users across 104 organisations, found that 55 per cent of professionals see isolated individual use of AI and the lack of structured human-AI workflows as the biggest barrier to adoption.
- "The biggest misconception is thinking that access equals adoption.
Stats & Key Facts
- #Its female founders, Louise Ballard and Mackenzie Howe, aren't postdoc academics or 20-something men vibecoding their way to customers.
- #ai, which surveyed 775 AI users across 104 organisations, found that 55 per cent of professionals see isolated individual use of AI and the lack of structured human-AI workflows as the biggest barrier to adoption.
As organisations race to deploy AI, UK startup Atheni AI is helping employees turn ChatGPT and Copilot from standalone tools into everyday ways of working. Artificial Intelligence Companies bought the AI. Now they need people to use it As organisations race to deploy AI, UK startup Atheni AI is helping employees turn ChatGPT and Copilot from standalone tools into everyday ways of working.
Cate Lawrence 1 hour ago Share Share Send email Copy link Louise Ballard, co-founder and CEO of Atheni AI , has a mission - to ensure that when it comes to AI, nobody gets left behind. "As AI becomes embedded across every profession, we don't want to create a two-tier society where only those who can afford expensive tools or specialist training are able to benefit. Everyone should have access to the knowledge and confidence they need to use AI well.
" When it comes to AI startups, Atheni AI is an outlier. Its female founders, Louise Ballard and Mackenzie Howe, aren't postdoc academics or 20-something men vibecoding their way to customers. Ballard spent three decades in corporate communications before selling her PR agency to Huntsworth in 2009.
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