Riley Haase

Riley Haase is the founder of Athena Automation, a Las Vegas AI automation agency. He started the firm to give local businesses access to the same kind of custom AI that large companies build in-house — without the long timelines or enterprise price tags.

With a background in investment banking and AI product strategy, Riley focuses on where automation actually moves the numbers: calls and bookings that would otherwise go unanswered, quality control that catches problems before customers do, and back-office work that quietly drains a team's week. He builds custom AI agents that handle work end to end and AI Collaborators that make a team faster, for businesses across Las Vegas, Henderson, Summerlin, and Southern California.

His approach is demo-first: every engagement starts with a working build on the client's real data, so they can see and use the agent before committing. Riley writes about putting AI agents to work and getting found in AI search — practical, no-hype guidance for owner-operators.