Solei Williams

Writing about technology, neurodivergence, building, and what I’m learning along the way.

I’m interested in how technology can help people, what good support can look like, and what happens when we build with real life in mind.

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Technology · September 2026 · 4 min read

Don’t Be Scared of AI

At the end of an AI training I was teaching, I told the room, “Don’t be scared of AI.” What I meant was simple: you can use AI to help you learn AI. But that wasn’t the whole thought.

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What I write about

Technology

AI, privacy, trust, power, and what new technology means for regular people.

I’m less interested in hype than I am in how these tools affect our work, choices, and everyday lives.

Neurodivergence

Autism, ADHD, capacity, communication, support, work, and the systems people have to move through every day.

I’m especially interested in what changes when support fits the person instead of asking the person to keep adjusting.

Building

What I learn while building products, running a company, testing ideas, getting things wrong, and changing my mind.

Some lessons come from things working.

A lot of them come from things not working.

Life & Learning

Money. Identity. Family. Freedom. Starting over. Things I’m learning later than I wish I had.

And questions I’m still figuring out.

What I’m building

Atara Systems

Atara Systems is where I build technology around real human needs.

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SpectrumThrive

SpectrumThrive is capacity-aware AI support for neurodivergent adults navigating work and everyday life.

The idea is simple: support should be able to adjust when a person’s capacity changes.

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Black Autistic & Proud

Black Autistic & Proud is a free resource project I created for Black autistic adults.

It grew out of my own late diagnosis, my family’s experience with neurodivergence, and the need for support that felt easier to reach.

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A little about me

I’ve always liked making things on computers.

Websites, graphics, little projects. Technology was familiar to me long before I ever thought about starting a tech company.

My path here also went through special education, sociology, motherhood, neurodivergence, a lot of businesses that did not work, and a lot of learning.

For years, coding was the part of technology I stayed away from.

Then AI changed what I could build.

Now I spend a lot of my time turning questions I care about into tools, products, and experiments.

This site is where I write down what I’m learning while I do it.

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