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Customer story

Agent document editing

Open a PowerPoint deck in Studio; the agent edits through Athena's Python library for PowerPoint while you watch every change appear live in the same file.

2 versionsEmail a deck, diff the changes by eyeThe old way: static Office filesStatic filesLive sessionEmail deck to agentAgent emails new copyDiff versions by eyeMerge changes manuallyLose track of editsNo live view, no shared cursorOpen in PowerPoint StudioAgent edits throughChanges flush liveOne file, two editorsThe old way: email exchanges, manual diffing, lost contextQ4 product roadmapPowerPoint Studio · Athena editing live—Enterprise launch prep—Mobile feature parity—Lakehouse integrationsCOMPARESlide 4AthenaRevenue figureYouathena-python-pptx · changes appear in your open fileAthena adds a slide through the Python library; you watch it appearQ4 product roadmapPowerPoint Studio · you fixing numbers—Enterprise launch prep—Mobile feature parity—Lakehouse integrations—Security certificationsCOMPAREChart dataYouTimeline bulletsAthenaShe reads your edits on her next stepYou fix a number; Athena reads it immediately, no reloadSlide 4 addedAthenaEnterprise launchprepRevenue figureYouChart data correctedTimeline bulletsAthenaSecuritycertificationsChart dataYouFinal numbers lockedTrack changes and version history cover both of youTrack changes covers both editors; version history intactExport checksTrigger · File export requestedByte-stable outputFonts intactMasters intactExotic embedded objectsWe flag what did notround-tripA limit on exoticFonts and masters intact; exotic objects flagged if they don'tYour template. Her hands. Yourreview.athenaintel.com
Fig. 02The story in 25 seconds, from the old way to “Your template. Her hands. Your review.”
Before · what we did · after
  1. Before

    You email the agent a deck. The agent emails back a new one. You diff them by eye.

  2. What we did

    Opened the deck in PowerPoint Studio. The agent edits through Athena's Python library for PowerPoint; every change appears live in the document you are looking at.

  3. After

    Athena adds a slide; you watch it appear. You fix a number in real time; Athena reads your change on the next step. Track changes and version history cover both of you. The file exports byte-stable, fonts and masters intact.

Q4 product roadmapPowerPoint Studio · live co-editing session—Enterprise launch prep—Mobile feature parity—Lakehouse integrations—Security certificationsCOMPARESlide 4 addedAthenaRevenue figureYouTimeline bulletsAthenaChart dataYouAthena's Python library for PowerPoint · track changes on
Fig. 01Athena adds slides and you fix numbers in the same deck; both appear live
How long it takes · what to plan for

Exotic embedded objects do not always round-trip. We flag what did not.

Your template. The agent's hands. Your review.

Example workflow

Live co-editing loop: agent writes, you review, agent reads your edits

SURFACES INWHAT COMES INTHE PLATFORMWHAT GOES OUTDELIVERED BACKWebMobile · voiceText (SMS)EmailSlack · TeamsChromeMeeting botMeetingsWordPowerPointSheetsFiles · PDFsDataWorkflows (AOPs)AppsLibrarySessionsSpacesStudiosMeetingsLakehouseSemantic modelsDatabaseDashboardsWordSheetsDashboardsData · APIsApps · portalsWebMobile · voiceText (SMS)EmailSlack · TeamsChromeMeeting botOffice add-in1Agents2Office add-in3PowerPoint41 INYou open the deck inPowerPoint Studio insteadof emailing a static fileto the agent.2 RUNThe agent edits throughAthena's Python library forPowerPoint; every changeflushes live into thedocument you are looking at.3 REVIEWAthena adds a slide andyou watch it appear; youfix a number and Athenareads it on its next step.4 OUTTrack changes and versionhistory cover both of you;the file exports byte-stable,fonts and masters intact.
Fig. 03The route on the system map: Office add-in → Agents → PowerPoint. Connectors: Office add-in → PowerPoint Studio → Athena's Python library for PowerPoint → track changes
What it runs on
What customers say
“He wrote the entire stuff. By itself. And I was there, and I was thinking, alright. If I had to write all this stuff, I mean, I would've spent days, days, days.”
Manufacturing analyst · A global manufacturer
“I send that to the programmer and he said, alright. I read your file. I copied the section of the code because he has the right interface, and it works. Wow. Just like magic.”
Manufacturing analyst · A global manufacturer
“One workspace. All different, let's say, avatars of their output data. Right? Suddenly, it's dashboard. Excel is here. PowerPoint is when it's all together. It's very impressive.”
Global Sustainability lead · A global manufacturer
“Digital worker, it gets spun up, it gets given access to the toolkits that it needs. It gets given access to the data that it needs. Just exists for the period it needs to exist to perform the task. And then it gets torn back down again afterwards.”
Audit lead · A global professional services firm
“I like that direction, that concept of the agent is the agent. It becomes an entity in its own right with its own ownership and its own missioning, and you get rid of the gray area and the blurry lines.”
Audit lead · A global professional services firm
“It was PowerPoint... there was no kind of distinction between the two. So that was killer. And I literally had a meeting on it today, and people said how great it was.”
Sales analyst · A global CPG provider
“A lot of people are telling us that, oh, I sold in this package because of this info... I secured this distribution because of the selling assistance help.”
Sales enablement lead · A global CPG provider
“Man, this is by far the biggest value every AI is presentations. Gosh. The amount of time that's been wasted building charts. It's just incredible.”
Procurement lead · A global manufacturer
“I finally got a chance to play around with the computer asset and build out the chatbot you mentioned. It was really impressive.”
Marketing lead · An AmLaw 100 firm
“So we use the SDK, and we write that in Python, and it calls Athena majority by API. The results appear in the interface itself.”
Legal technology team · A global law firm

Verbatim from customer calls. Customers anonymized.

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