Alignable Launches Allie, a Personal Networking Assistant Built on 14 Years of Small Business Relationship Data
Allie helps Alignable's millions of members know who to reach out to, when, and why, turning the relationships they already have into new customers.
BOSTON, September 16, 2026 — Alignable, the largest relationship intelligence platform for small businesses in North America, today launched Allie, an AI networking assistant that helps members act on the network they have already built.
The problem was never that small business owners lack a network. It's knowing which relationships to invest in, when to reach out, and why. Allie provides that guidance every day, grounded in 14 years of data on how relationships on Alignable turn into customers.
Small businesses account for nearly half of U.S. private-sector employment and roughly 44 percent of GDP, according to the SBA Office of Advocacy. Despite that, they have operated without the relationship infrastructure larger companies take for granted: a business development team, a CRM with someone to run it. Allie closes that gap by helping small business owners make more of one of every entrepreneur's most critical assets: their network of people who know and trust them.
"Customer acquisition is the loudest problem small business owners have but it's not the only one," said Eric Groves, co-founder and CEO of Alignable. "The same network that brings you a new customer can bring you your next hire, your next vendor, the answer to a problem you didn't know how to solve. Allie is our first step toward putting Alignable at the center of every one of those decisions: the place small business owners turn to unlock everything they need to succeed."
The connection graph
Underneath Allie is Alignable's connection graph, built from 14 years of activity across millions of members. It understands not just who is connected, but how: customers who buy, referral partners who send business, and network allies such as bankers, associations, and adjacent service providers who open new doors.
How Allie works
Allie leverages that graph to identify a member's highest-potential relationships and reviews them continually against the Alignable Method℠. The method is a five-step framework Alignable derived from studying how its most successful members build quality referral relationships. From there, Allie surfaces which connections are worth acting on now, drafts the outreach, and flags the right moment for an introduction, a follow-up, or a referral.
Alignable member, Josh Jamerson (owner of a lending business in Spokane Valley, WA), conveyed his initial experiences with Allie, saying "When I asked Allie which industries could refer business to my network, it didn't just give me names — it considered industry fit and relationship strength, then helped me write introductions that sounded like me. One conversation turned into five to ten warm introductions. It doesn't feel like ChatGPT added to another website — it feels like having a personal relationship assistant who recognizes opportunities hiding in plain sight."
Allie is built around a simple principle: the member stays in control. For actions Allie can take on a member's behalf, it recommends the next step and acts only with approval. For inherently personal actions such as asking for an introduction, making a referral, or reaching out, Allie provides the intelligence; the member takes the action.
"What makes Allie work isn't the model. It's what surrounds it," said Venkat Krishnamurthy, co-founder and President of Alignable. "On one side, 14 years of real relationship signals across 12 million small businesses: introductions, referrals, and connections that became customers. On the other, a product members already know and trust. The data is ours. The relationship graph is ours. AI makes Allie possible. Our relationship data makes it uniquely valuable."
Availability
Allie is available today to all paying members on Alignable in the U.S. and Canada.
The customers you need are connected to the people you know. Allie is how members find them.
About Alignable
Alignable is the largest relationship intelligence platform for small businesses in North America. For 14 years, Alignable has helped small business owners turn the people who know them into their most effective source of growth — from customer introductions to the referral partners and network allies most CRMs never see. Today, more than 12 million members across every industry and geography in the U.S. and Canada rely on Alignable to put those relationships to work.
Comments (1-3)
What stood out to me is the focus on helping business owners better understand the relationships already within their networks. I’ve found that meaningful business growth often comes from recognizing where genuine connections, referrals, collaborations, and introductions can naturally develop. Technology can help surface those opportunities, while the relationship itself still requires a human touch. I’ll be interested to see how Allie develops.
It’s amazing to realize that Alignable has been building this relationship network for 14 years—and I somehow missed it!
To me, this is what LinkedIn used to be: a place where your connections were people you actually knew, trusted, and could turn to when it was time for the next opportunity, the next gig, or the next introduction.
The fact that Alignable has stayed focused specifically on small businesses makes this even more interesting. There’s a huge need for a network built around real relationships, referrals, and connecting the right people with one another.
I’m especially excited to try Allie. After missing out on 14 years of relationship-building and connecting on Alignable, I’m looking forward to seeing how Allie can help bring me up to speed—and, hopefully, help connect the people with the problems to the people who have the expertise to solve them.
Can’t wait to see what’s hiding in my network!
Thank you Eric Groves for helping to co-found Alignable. As a small business owner it is very helpful. Candy Paula Arts & Candy Paula Music