A lot of “classic” startup advice is about to age very badly. 👀
For years, the default playbook was: focus on a narrow ICP, build a single wedge product that solves one acute pain (a painkiller, not a vitamin), and worry about your “second act” later.
Then Rippling happened.
Parker Conrad (I’m a big fan) helped popularize the compound startup idea: instead of a single wedge, build a full suite of deeply integrated products around one domain. It worked, but for a long time it still felt like the exception, not the rule.
AI is about to change that. 🤖⚙️
It’s becoming dramatically easier and faster to ship software products. That means the compound startup playbook is no longer reserved for outliers.
It’s going mainstream. And it will reshape how founders, operators, and investors think about product strategy.
At Alhena.ai, we’re all-in on this.
Our mission is simple:
Enable solo-preneurs to run 9-figure online stores. 💸
You can’t get there with just “conversion” or just “retention.”
You need a suite: AI for acquisition, AI for conversion and retention, and AI for the merchant side: ops, catalog, CX, decisioning.
As we plan for 2026, our roadmap is starting to look less like a single app and more like a true compound commerce platform.
Can’t share everything (yet)… but our customers are in for a treat. 🚀