Design-partner preview
Forecast like you have a demand planning team.
Athena AI is demand forecasting and supply planning for CPG brands. Connect your Shopify store or upload your sales history, and get SKU-level forecasts, supply plans, and draft purchase orders in minutes.
Product screenshots coming soon
Most small brands plan inventory in a spreadsheet and hope.
Cash tied up in the wrong stock.
Over-ordering slow movers while best-sellers run out.
Expensive surprises.
Stockouts that force rush production and expedited freight.
No clear view of future cash needs.
Purchase decisions made without a forward plan.
From sales history to purchase orders
Connect your data.
Sync your Shopify store or upload your product catalog and sales history.
Get your forecast.
Athena builds a SKU-level demand forecast you can adjust and test with scenarios.
Plan and order.
Turn the forecast into a supply plan and draft purchase orders, ready to review.
What’s inside
Demand forecasting.
SKU-level forecasts built from your own sales history.
Supply planning.
See what to make and when, based on forecast demand.
Scenarios.
Test launches, promotions, and growth assumptions before you commit cash.
Purchase-order drafts.
Go from plan to PO without re-keying numbers.
Ask Athena.
Get AI answers and suggestions about your plan, grounded in your workspace data. AI output is always labeled.
Workspaces for your team.
Invite teammates, assign roles, and manage multiple brands in one place.
Built on 18+ years of planning for beauty brands
Athena AI comes from RK Ventures founder Ratna Rao, who has overseen forecasts for 1,000+ product lines across portfolios valued at more than $100M in gross revenue. Athena packages that planning discipline into software any brand can use.
Meet RatnaYour data stays yours
Isolated by design.
Every record is scoped to your workspace. No other customer can see your data.
Credentials encrypted.
Store connections are encrypted at rest and never exposed to the browser.
Not used for training.
Your data is never used to train AI models.
You own it.
Export or delete your data at any time. We never sell it.
Become a design partner
We’re working closely with a small group of CPG brands to shape Athena. Design partners get early access and a direct line to the team building it.
Who it’s for
Beauty and CPG brands selling on Shopify with an active catalog they plan by hand today.
What you get
- Early access to Athena AI during the preview
- Onboarding support from RK Ventures
- Direct input on the product roadmap
Questions
Who is Athena for?
Small and mid-size beauty and CPG brands that want a real demand and supply plan without hiring a planning team.
What data do I need?
Your product catalog and sales history. Connect Shopify or upload files.
How accurate are the forecasts?
Forecasts are estimates, not guarantees. Athena shows its work so you can adjust it, and purchasing decisions stay with you.
How is this different from working with RK Ventures?
Athena is software you run yourself. RK Ventures offers hands-on fractional COO and planning support. Many brands use both.
What does it cost?
Pricing will be announced when Athena leaves preview.
Is my data safe?
See “Your data stays yours” above and the privacy policy.
Plan your next season with confidence.
Forecasts are estimates, not guarantees. About Athena AI