Will Schenk
Founder of The Focus AI. Proprietor of Cornwall Market. Father, technologist, aspiring woodsman. Building things in the woods of Northwest Connecticut.
I cofounded HappyFunCorp in 2009 — a product engineering firm in Brooklyn that built apps for Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, and dozens of startups. We ran it for over a decade.
In 2020 we moved the family from New York to Cornwall, Connecticut. My late wife Joy passed away in January 2022 from a brain hemorrhage. We sold HappyFunCorp later that year.
I bought the old Cornwall Country Market space and reopened it as Cornwall Market in January 2024 — a bakery, cafe, and neighborhood spot with pastries, chocolates, and sandwiches.
I cofounded The Focus AI in late 2024 with Ben Schippers. We help product-led companies ship working AI systems in weeks, not quarters. Our motto: distill the signal from the noise.
My wife Ksenia and I live here with our four boys, one baby girl, and two dogs. I have a lumber mill and the kids love the tractor.
I've been writing on this site since 2014. Before that, sublimeguile.com going back to 2001.