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Atheni in the Financial Times' ‘Working It’
Atheni's AI capability partnership with NPTC Group of Colleges, featured in the FT's Working It film on preparing people for the AI era.
Press release · 3 November 2026
Barnsley firms are teaching AI how the job is done
Government-funded programme will help 140 experienced staff across six Barnsley manufacturing and engineering firms, most aged 40 or over, use AI shaped around their own work.
Barnsley, 3 November 2026: Atheni has been awarded £231,000 from the government’s AI Upskilling Challenge Fund to help Barnsley manufacturing, engineering and construction firms put AI to work on the paperwork that takes up their week, from quotes…
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Press release · 28 May 2026
Atheni raises £350,000 to move organisations beyond surface-level use of AI
Platform designed to move AI use from summaries and shortcuts to analysis, decisions and deeper work
London, 28 May 2026: Atheni, the AI adoption company founded by Mackenzie Howe and Louise Ballard, has raised £350,000 to build a platform that scales a proven methodology for using AI well across organisations. Developed through two years o…
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