⸺Who we are
About VILAS
We don’t treat AI as a product. We see it as a medium for thought. How we engage with tools like Claude and Microsoft Copilot reveals our patterns of reasoning, and what we choose to preserve or offload.
Fluency with AI must go beyond the procedural and into epistemic scaffolding — a way to reason clearly in the presence of language models. These tools are, after all, a window into conversations that demand judgment, context, and domain expertise. It’s not about “keeping up,” but staying grounded while the noise gets louder.
Human agency and creativity have been at our core since we began training professionals in 2023. We’re creatives at heart. And the creative mindset resists productized intelligence. Let’s preserve what makes us deeply human.
⸺About our name
VILAS comes from a neighborhood in Madison, Wisconsin, the neighborhood that shaped one of our founders.
We chose it because we believe in what a neighborhood means. One of community and connection. A shared investment in something larger than yourself.
A neighborhood is specific. It is lived in and it is cared for by the people inside it. That is how we approach every organization we work with: closely, thoughtfully, and with attention to what will hold over time.
Sarah Anderson Soubra
Co-Founder | VILAS
James Holmberg
Co-Founder | VILAS
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