# Alokai

> Alokai, formerly Vue Storefront, sells the storefront, integration layer, hosting and operating tools for enterprise commerce teams that want a faster customer experience without discarding their existing backends. Its roots are in an open-source Magento project; its current business is a custom-priced enterprise platform for React and Vue storefronts.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Patrick Friday (Co-founder and CEO), Filip Rakowski (Co-founder and CTO), Bart Roszkowski (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Alokai Storefront, Alokai Connect, Storefront UI, Alokai Cloud, Alokai Console
- **Notable:** Joined Y Combinator in 2021, according to Alokai's rebrand history., Raised $20 million in a 2023 equity round led by Felix Capital., Brompton launched 11 storefronts in 10 months, according to Alokai's case study.

## Products & services

- **Alokai Storefront** — Customizable Next.js or Nuxt storefront with prebuilt commerce journeys and multistore support.
- **Alokai Connect** — Middleware, SDK and unified data layer for commerce, content, search and other APIs.
- **Storefront UI** — Open-source ecommerce component library and design system.
- **Alokai Cloud** — Managed deployment infrastructure for storefront and middleware.
- **Alokai Console** — Deployment, monitoring and operational dashboard.
- **Alokai Compass** — AI shopping assistance integrated into search, product and checkout journeys.
- **Alokai Studio** — AI-assisted storefront changes with human approval.
- **Commerce Intelligence** — Storefront performance and revenue-impact analysis.

## Achievements

- Joined Y Combinator in 2021, according to Alokai's rebrand history.
- Raised $20 million in a 2023 equity round led by Felix Capital.
- Brompton launched 11 storefronts in 10 months, according to Alokai's case study.
- The public Vue Storefront GitHub repository shows approximately 10,900 stars at research time.
- Alokai's site lists 27 published case studies at research time.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Alokai changelog version 2.4.2 fixed deployment handling for patched middleware packages.
- **2025-12** — Alokai announced a framework for OpenAI ecommerce apps on its blog.
- **2024-03** — Vue Storefront rebranded as Alokai after broadening beyond Vue and the storefront alone.

## Links

- Website: https://alokai.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usealokai/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/VueStorefront
- GitHub: https://github.com/vuestorefront
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@useAlokai
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/vuestorefront

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Last updated: 2026-09-30