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Ionio Lighthouse | Hero v3
Ionio Lighthouse

Composable AI architecture for retail and e-commerce.

A unified intelligence layer for e-commerce and retail products. Built from the patterns we kept rebuilding across retail engagements. Plugs into your stack, ships AI features in weeks, yours to own outright.

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Lighthouse
Composable AI
Prescriptive
Intelligence
Visual Search
Engine
Bundling
Engine
Embedding
Model
Micro-
segmentation
Ionio Lighthouse | Paradigm Section v6
The Architecture

The intelligence layer that sits on top of your SaaS.

Lighthouse covers the AI capabilities a modern e-commerce product runs on. Each one is engineered around the way shopping data actually behaves. Catalog structure, browsing signal, checkout patterns, merchandising logic. Every model inside was built for e-commerce from the start. None were adapted to it.

Compose what your roadmap calls for. Integrate it with the stack you already run. Deploy it into your codebase, yours to own outright. What you launch this quarter sits in the same architecture as what you'll add next year. A product that competes on AI depth, not on feature checklists.

E-commerce Native
Trained on the patterns e-commerce data reveals. Catalog hierarchies, customer signals, the way SKUs relate. A depth generic models can't fake.
Production-Hardened
Engineered for enterprise-scale traffic. Reliability is solved at the platform level, not handed off to your team.
Stack-Agnostic
Plugs into the stack you already run. Commerce platforms, custom backends, data warehouses, integrated without rewrites.
Real-Time Inference
Sub-second response times at e-commerce-scale traffic. Holds up when commerce traffic peaks.
Ionio Lighthouse | Components Showcase
Inside Lighthouse

Every module, built for retail & ecom.

01

Prescriptive Intelligence

Reads every signal your platform already tracks, diagnoses what's underperforming against a benchmark, and surfaces ranked prescriptions a merchant can approve in one click.

02

Microsegments

Surfaces behavioral clusters that rule-based filters will never catch. Each segment ships with campaigns drafted against it, so marketing teams move from discovery to launch in one session.

03

Retail Embedding Classifier

A fine-tuned model that reads product similarity the way a merchandiser does. Coconut hair oil and coconut cooking oil belong on different shelves. Search, recommendations, and taxonomy all get sharper downstream.

04

Smart Bundling

Takes any anchor product, finds complementary matches against live inventory, and assembles bundles tuned for revenue. Drops into cart, checkout, or post-purchase flows and fills recommendations automatically.

05

Visual Search

A shopper uploads a photo and gets matching products back in milliseconds. Works on texture, silhouette, and context, which is how people actually shop in categories where words fall short.

Today's prescriptions
01 / 05
Ranked prescriptions
3 new · today
Pull 'Linen Tee' from homepage slot 2
Add-to-cart down 34% in 7d. Competitor cut price 22%.
→ Swap to 'Crop Cotton' for +$14.2K projected GMV
Restock SKU-4281 size M before Tue 09:40
Projected stockout in 39h. Size-M = 41% of category.
→ $8.4K revenue at risk if skipped
Exclude VIP cohort from Q4 discount blast
Margin dilution 4.1% at current cadence.
→ 87% of cohort converts at full price
Behavioral clustering
02 / 05
Mid-Aged Fitness Enthusiast
3 of 5
Gen Z Fashion Lovers
2 of 5
D
David
Age 38
Runs 5x / wk
$840 LTV
M
Maria
Age 35
Gym + yoga
$720 LTV
Z
Zoe
Age 19
Fast fashion
$310 LTV
J
James
Age 42
Marathon
$1.2K LTV
L
Leah
Age 22
Streetwear
$490 LTV
Semantic classification
03 / 05
Personal Care
Pantry
🧴Coconut Hair Oil0.94
🌿Argan Serum0.91
🧼Olive Soap Bar0.88
🥥Coconut Cooking Oil0.93
🫒Olive Cooking Oil0.90
🌾Almond Flour0.85
Checkout recommendations
04 / 05
Your cart1 item · Subtotal $120
👟
Air Pegasus Runner
Size 10 · Black / White
$120.00
Smart Bundling
Add all · save 15%
🧦
Cushion Run Socks
$14
+
🩳
5" Split Shorts
$38
+
💧
24oz Insulated Bottle
$22
+
Image to product
05 / 05
👗
Linen Midi Dress
SKU-4481 · $148
0.96
👚
Crepe Slip Dress
SKU-4492 · $132
0.91
👕
Cotton A-Line Dress
SKU-4508 · $98
0.87
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Lighthouse | How It Works
Before we explain how it works

Here's what Lighthouse isn't.

Most enterprise AI products bind you to a vendor for life. Lighthouse is engineered the other direction.

Subscription

You pay once. The license, source, and IP transfer to your team. Cost is bounded by the engagement, not by how long you keep using it.

One-time license
Hosted API

The code runs entirely inside your own infrastructure. There's no Ionio service standing between you and your users, and nothing to depend on after handover.

Runs on your stack
Black box

Every module ships with complete source and documentation. Your engineers can read it, modify it, and extend it on their own timelines.

Source and docs included
How it ships

Architected into your stack. Yours from the day it ships.

Each module installs directly into your codebase, runs on your infrastructure, and is maintained by your engineers after handover. Watch a deployment unfold.

app.returnflow.io / dashboard
Yours
Returns Customers Prescriptions
Last 30d
Return Rate
8.2%
+0.4 vs avg
Refunded
$184K
2,341 total
Avg Refund
$64
Median $58
Order
Product
Reason
Signal
#23451
Cotton Tee · M
Size
Size cluster
#23450
Wool Coat · M
Fit
Touch mismatch
#23449
Denim · 32
Damaged
Fraud signal
#23448
Linen Shirt · L
Size
Size cluster
#23447
Leather Boot · 9
Defect
Quality flag
#23446
Knit Sweater · S
Color
Photo mismatch
Sample & keep
12%
Orders 3 to 5 sizes, keeps one. Honest fit-finders, high LTV.
A
M
N
+1.4K
→ Send size guide. Don't penalize.
Premium returner
2.8%
AOV $340. Returns 60%+. Gaming free returns. $14K exposure.
B
D
+312
→ Cap free returns at AOV threshold.
Fit-aware loyal
67%
Sub-2% return rate. NPS 4.6. Repurchase within 30 days.
C
E
F
+7.8K
→ Win-back path priority.
Size-switcher
8.1%
Returns once for size, repurchases adjacent. Fit guide gap.
K
P
R
+892
→ Surface size guide pre-checkout.
Reseller cluster
0.6%
Same address, cyclic returns, bulk SKUs. Auto-flag candidate.
U
V
+47
→ Manual review queue. Throttle.
First-time hesitant
9.1%
New buyers, 14% return rate. Onboarding fit info missing.
G
H
J
+1.1K
→ First-purchase fit assistant.
Block reorder · Cotton Tee M, factory FX-12
62% of returns this SKU cite size. Same factory, same pattern across 3 underperforming SKUs.
→ Alt vendor +$0.12/unit · margin -1.4 pts · -$8.4K reorder loss avoided
Pushing to procurement queue · notifying vendor B · halting PO-4281
Pause Spring Linen blast · Premium Returner cohort
412 customers, 2.4× return rate vs avg, $14.2K refund exposure last 7d. Better fit: win-back path.
→ Reroute 412 · projected save $9.8K
VIP exemption · Q4 discount campaign
87% of VIP cohort converts at full price. Discount dilutes margin 4.1% with no measurable lift.
→ Exclude segment · margin recovery $22K
Lighthouse Library
Microsegments
v1.8
Embedding Classifier
v2.1
Prescriptive Intelligence
v2.4
Visual Search
v1.4
Smart Bundling
v1.2
SourceDocumentationIP transferred
Yours · maintained by your team
Ionio Lighthouse | Components Intro
The full picture

A closer look at each module.

Prescriptive Intelligence
01 / 05

Prescriptive Intelligence

A composable intelligence layer that reads every signal your platform already collects, diagnoses what's underperforming, benchmarks against your entire user base, and surfaces ranked prescriptions your users can approve in one click.

The gap between data and decision is where all the value lives. Prescriptive Intelligence closes it. Your platform stops being a reporting tool and starts telling users exactly what to do next.

Cohort Benchmarking Anomaly Detection Ranked Prescriptions One-Click Execution
Demo Explore Prescriptive Intelligence
prescriptiveintelligence.ai
Your Platform Today
Activating Intelligence Layer...
Revenue
$124K
↑ 4.2%
Return Rate
24.3%
↑ 3.1%
Active Users
8,412
↑ 1.8%
Churn
6.7%
↑ 0.5%
Monthly Performance
Top SKUs by Returns
Court Runner
34%
Transit Jacket
19%
Field Cap
13%
Core Tee V2
9%
Stride Short
7%
Weekly Orders
Campaign Performance
Anomaly: SKU #4421 return rate 2.1× above cohort
Cohort Comparison
This merchant
34%
Cohort avg
16%
Top 10%
9%
◎
Prescription #1 — Critical
Update sizing chart for SKU #4421. Trigger size guide email to 340 pending orders.
Returns · Sizing · Confidence 94% · 3 cohort precedents
Impact
−12%
Accept Prescription
Pause Meta ad set — ROAS below 1.0 +$1.2K
Re-engage 412 lapsed high-LTV users +$6.1K
Adjust bundle pricing — elasticity shift +$2.8K
847 merchants compared
6 prescriptions generated
3 SOPs encoded
Microsegments Component
>
microsegments.ai
Traditional Segmentation
Generating Behavioral Signals...
Email Segments6 segments · 142,800 subscribers
📧
All Subscribers
Entire list, no filtering
142.8K
Users
2.1%
CTR
🛒
Cart Abandoners
Added to cart, didn't purchase
18.4K
Users
3.8%
CTR
✓
Repeat Buyers
Purchased more than once
6.2K
Users
4.5%
CTR
⏰
Lapsed Customers
Inactive 90+ days
31.7K
Users
0.8%
CTR
★
VIP Customers
Top 5% by spend
3.1K
Users
5.2%
CTR
👋
New Subscribers
Signed up, never purchased
42.6K
Users
1.4%
CTR
Open Rates
All Subs18.2%
Cart Aband.24.6%
Repeat31.1%
Campaign Rev
Summer Blast$4.2K
Weekend Sale$2.8K
Win-Back$1.1K
25 Signals Per User
RFMStyleLifecycleIntent
Segment #1
New Parents Shifting to Fitness
2,847 users$42K
Segment #2
Post-Breakup Wardrobe Rebuilders
1,204 users$67K
Segment #3
Late-Night Impulse, Premium Only
3,518 users$89K
Segment #4
Gifters Who Never Self-Purchase
4,962 users$31K
Segment #5
Size-Uncertain First-Timers
8,402 users-$12K
Segment #6
Seasonal Loyalists, Summer Dormant
6,140 users$54K
25 signals per user
142 microsegments discovered
3.2x revenue lift
✦
Generating for: New Parents Shifting to Fitness
2,847 users
✓
Segment Selected
Behavioral cluster locked with 94% confidence
Pending
✓
Copy Generated
Subject line, preview text, body calibrated to fitness + parent profile
Pending
✓
Email Designed
Brand-consistent layout with matched product imagery
Pending
✓
Offers Calibrated
Early access (not discount) for this full-price segment
Pending
✓
Sent to 2,847 Users
Deployed via Klaviyo at optimal send time (Sat 10:00 AM)
Pending
Campaign Sent Successfully
Pred. CTR
8.4%
Est. Revenue
$14K
02 / 05

Microsegments

A composable segmentation engine that sees who your customers actually are. It reads purchase behavior, browsing patterns, price sensitivity, and lifecycle stage to surface microsegments invisible to rule-based platforms, then auto-generates campaigns for each one.

Traditional segmentation sorts users into broad buckets. Microsegments asks a sharper question: who is this customer, what do they want, and when are they ready to hear from you?

Signal Generation Behavioral Inference Campaign Automation Segmentation Engine
Case Study Explore Microsegments
Retail Embedding Classifier
03 / 05

Retail Embedding Classifier

Off-the-shelf embedding models score "coconut hair oil" and "olive cooking oil" at 0.85. They both contain "oil," so the math agrees. Your shoppers don't.

We fine-tuned an embedding model on retail catalogs until it learned the difference. Same pair: 0.16. "Dark chocolate" and "chocolate body lotion": 0.11. Suddenly your search, recommendations, and category trees stop confusing kitchens with bathrooms.

Product Similarity Taxonomy Mapping Inventory Migration Fine-Tuned MTEB
HuggingFace How we built it
huggingface.co/Ionio-ai
Kitchen Appliances
Cleaning Supplies
Hair & Skin Care
Home Furniture
Food & Snacks
retail-embedding-classifier-v1 · Pearson 0.991
Chocolate ↔ Chocolate Lotion
0.849
Base
0.115
Ours
Coconut Hair Oil ↔ Olive Cooking Oil
0.852
Base
0.167
Ours
Smart Product Bundling
Smart Bundling
LLM Suggest › Embed Match › Bundle Gen
Anchor Product
🎧
Wireless Headphones Pro
Electronics · Audio
$149
Price
842
Units/mo
4.6★
Rating
LLM Complementary Suggestions 5 generated
1.
Headphone Stand
Bamboo desk organizer with cable management
2.
Audio Cable 3.5mm
Gold-plated braided auxiliary cord
3.
Hard Carrying Case
EVA shell with custom foam interior
4.
Replacement Ear Pads
Memory foam cushions, fits Pro series
5.
Bluetooth Adapter
Low-latency wireless audio receiver
Catalog Embedding Match 1,247 SKUs scanned
Headphone Stand
0.94 ✓
Audio Cable 3.5mm
0.89 ✓
Hard Carrying Case
0.87 ✓
Replacement Ear Pads
0.71 ✓
Bluetooth Adapter
0.34 ✗
◎
Generated Bundle
Audio Essentials Kit
5 products · $298 bundle value · includes marketing copy
AOV Lift
+34%
Cross-Sell
4.2×
768-dim embeddings
cosine similarity
open source
04 / 05

Smart Product Bundling

"Frequently bought together" lists are usually static, slightly stale, and built off whatever popped up in last quarter's purchase data. They look intelligent. They aren't.

Smart Bundling pairs an LLM with your live catalog. The model proposes complements for any anchor product. Embeddings then check each suggestion against what you actually have in stock. What ships is a bundle that maps to real SKUs, not a placeholder waiting for a backorder email.

LLM Recommendations Embedding Similarity Bundle Generation Catalog Matching
GitHub See it in action
Visual Search Pipeline
Component Walkthroughs

How it works, in under five minutes.

Quick concept breakdowns on some of the core Lighthouse components. What they do, why they exist, and how we built them.

Embedding Model
Building an Embedding Model for Retail

Why off-the-shelf models misclassify retail products, and how we fine-tuned one that actually understands category proximity.

Visual Search
Visual Search for E-Commerce Stores

Letting customers find products by uploading a photo instead of typing keywords. How it works under the hood.

Bundling Engine
The Smart Bundling System

An AI bundle creator for Shopify that pairs products using purchase graph data, the same way Amazon does it.

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Source & IP transfer
One-time engagement
Maintained by your team