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AI Transformation Studio

We build forthe edgeof two futures.

About Vibrana

Vibrana sits between transhumanist ambition and planetary crisis, building the agentic systems that let organizations move fast without losing what matters.

Why it matters

AI transformation is a people change first.

The hard part of AI isn't the tools - it's the redesign. The habits, hand-offs, and org structures built for a pre-AI world quietly smother new capability before it takes hold. We believe the goal of transformation should be to build lasting capacity - for your people, your organization, and the world we all depend on. We treat this work as what it is: the hardest professional change most teams will go through, and one worth doing properly.

What we do

We implement. We don't advise.

Most AI initiatives stall because someone wrote a plan and left. We do the opposite: we pair with your internal teams to build in your environment — mapping how the organization really works, standing up the agentic systems that run on that map, and training every person for their actual job. When we leave, your people own the systems and know how to evolve them.

How we work

Senior-led. Hands-on. Yours to keep.

Senior people do the work

The people you meet are the people on your engagement — no hand-off to a pyramid of juniors.

We build in your environment

We pair with your teams and ship inside your stack, so the systems and the know-how stay with you.

We leave you self-sufficient

Every engagement trains a named internal lead who can run and evolve what we built after we go.

The team

The people who do the work.

16 years buildingBJ Fogg certified teacher

16 years turning vision into working software, including two exits (Peak Democracy to OpenGov; Goodery) and co-founding ReFi DAO. Trained directly under Dr. BJ Fogg through his Behavior Design Teacher Team Training Program and is on his official certified teaching team. Now helps companies put AI to work in how they actually operate.

Org psychologyGoogle · Snapchat · WEF

Leads the human side of transformation: the habits, hand-offs, and org design work that decide whether AI actually sticks. An organizational psychologist (master's degrees in social & organizational and forensic psychology), she has worked with Google, Snapchat, and the World Economic Forum.

AI PhD, UC BerkeleyFounder & CEO, Rio

An AI PhD (UC Berkeley) with 10+ years launching AI products, now founder and CEO of Rio. Builds the machine-learning core of our work, including the Insights Engine behind AIOS.

8+ years AI engFormerly Microsoft

A senior AI engineer with 8+ years in the field, formerly at Microsoft. An end-to-end builder across LLMs, RAG, and agent systems, and the lead technical hand who ships production systems on our engagements.

EU AI Act specialistFounder, AdaptAI

An executive coach and organizational psychologist, founder of AdaptAI. Leads our governance and compliance work, including the EU AI Act, and paces adoption so your people's questions are heard and answered before anything changes.

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We're looking for principal-level, multidisciplinary AI transformation specialists — deep expertise in one domain, 10+ years of experience, comfortable being the senior person in the room on day one.

John Ellison, founder
Fatma Ghedira, co-founder
Chetan Nandakumar, principal
Abe Isleem, principal
Stephan Ledain, principal

Founder's Note

AI is the largest technological disruption any of us will ever see. The temptation - and the risk - is rushing into it through agentic systems that displace human intelligence, judgment, and values.

Vibrana takes a different path. We help companies navigate the AI transition in a way that honors human capital, human intelligence, and human connection. We treat the workforce as a first-order priority, shifting productivity gains away from workforce reduction and toward increased capacity, more products, more services, and more innovation in service of life.

We now have access to tools that can address planetary challenges at scale. We don't need more widgets. We need systems designed in harmony with the earth. AI, robotics, IoT automation - we can now sense and respond to the needs of the earth in every supply chain, every value system, every material flow, and finally create alignment at the base layer.

That's the vision and the calling: to help companies do this in a way that works for the business, the bottom line, the people who work there, the customers we serve, and the planet - the ultimate stakeholder we all depend on to survive.

Technology should serve life, not extract from it.

John Ellison
John Ellison
Founder, Vibrana

For organizations

AI Readiness Assessment

Answer a few questions about your organization and receive an automated readiness report. This helps us understand your situation before we talk.

What You'll Learn

This brief assessment evaluates your organization across key dimensions that determine AI adoption success.

  • Current AI maturity level
  • Organizational readiness indicators
  • Key blockers to address
  • Recommended starting point
  • Next steps specific to your situation

About 5 minutes. A human reviews your answers; your tailored report arrives within 24–48 hours.

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Company Information

Enter your work email and we'll automatically analyze your company's AI readiness.

We'll analyze your website to understand your company's current AI maturity and provide personalized recommendations.

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