That’s a wrap on Shoptalk Luxe. Flying out of the UAE with five things stuck in my head: 1. The brands building AI in house are drowningMet a head of digital with a 15 person AI team. They’re beating Einstein on recommendations. But they can’t ship a “complete the look” feature because their backlog is …
Come see us at Shoptalk Luxe Abu Dhabi – Booth #F42! Alhena.ai is here at Shoptalk Luxe, helping ecommerce and DTC brands see what agentic commerce actually looks like in practice. If you’re thinking about:• Giving customers confident guidance with a fully agentic experience• Staying on brand while turning high-intent browsers into buyers …swing by. …
POV: The moment at dinner when you realize you can’t relate to the ‘TGIF’ conversation because Saturday morning is your prime strategy time. After a Friday dinner, me heading into a mountain of work while my friends heading to the bar. 🐧💼 #FounderLife View on LinkedIn
There is a lot of talk about B2B SaaS being dead. Labs like Anthropic, and OpenAI are encroaching on use-cases directly. Vibe coding makes traditional dashboard software easy to build. VC sentiment is negative, multiples compressed. As someone selling AI software to enterprises every day, I think this take is not accurate. What is actually …
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What’s REALLY going to move the needle for eCommerce brands in 2026? Excited to be sharing some insights from the field tomorrow in this webinar on what actually moves the needle when it comes to online growth for brands. Tomorrow I’m joining Chloë Thomas , Sian Conway-Wood and Ian Sells to share insights from the …
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Just wrapped my first #NRF2026 — and I’m still buzzing from the energy (and the reception we got). 🎥👇 A few takeaways that stood out: 1. Agentic Commerce was everywhere. Even the biggest players were talking about it confidently… despite many of their “GA-ready” stories still being months out. 2. Buyers are moving thoughtfully. Lots …
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AI Turns Building Into Writing; So Editing Becomes Everything. For years, software was constrained by execution:Hiring was hard. Shipping was slow. Roadmaps revolved around one question:Can we implement it? AI flips that. When engineering can prototype in hours and parallelize with agents, the hard part becomes: ❓ Should we build it?❓What should it feel like?❓What …
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Confession: I still haven’t vibe-coded a single app I actually use every day. I’ve built a few “toy” automations with no/low-code tools (Relay, n8n). Useful. Fun. But not shipping-me level. And yes… I feel the itch to dive into Claude Code. Then I ask the annoying founder question:“Is this the best use of my time …
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In luxury retail, the most valuable asset isn’t the inventory. It’s memory. Walk into a boutique, and a great associate remembers that you’re a 38 in tailored jackets but a 40 in coats. They know you hate heavy fragrances. They know context. Go online, and that same brand treats you like a stranger interacting with …
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