Athena by Microsoft is an AI collaborative agent integrated into Teams for dev workflows. It manages PRs, tasks, releases & more. An open-source template (Dex) is available.
Microsoft is showcasing Athena, their internal AI developer agent. The simplest way to think about it is like having Devin right inside Teams.
It acts as a virtual teammate for their engineers, helping manage the entire development lifecycle, from pull requests and tasks to releases, all within their chat workflow.
While Athena is internal, Microsoft also released Dex, an open-source template that serves as a blueprint for building your own version. So it’s a practical starting point for anyone looking to build similar powerful AI agent workflows for their own team.
About Athena on Product Hunt
“Microsoft's AI dev agent, right inside Teams”
Athena launched on Product Hunt on June 7th, 2025 and earned 147 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. Athena by Microsoft is an AI collaborative agent integrated into Teams for dev workflows. It manages PRs, tasks, releases & more. An open-source template (Dex) is available.
On the analytics side, Athena competes within Productivity, Artificial Intelligence, GitHub and Development — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Athena performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Athena?
Athena was hunted by Zac Zuo. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Athena including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Zac Zuo
Hi everyone!
Microsoft is showcasing Athena, their internal AI developer agent. The simplest way to think about it is like having Devin right inside Teams.
It acts as a virtual teammate for their engineers, helping manage the entire development lifecycle, from pull requests and tasks to releases, all within their chat workflow.
While Athena is internal, Microsoft also released Dex, an open-source template that serves as a blueprint for building your own version. So it’s a practical starting point for anyone looking to build similar powerful AI agent workflows for their own team.