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About SOPAI

Two brothers who ship with AI every day.

Michael and Ilan Linhardt left 42 Paris for Ho Chi Minh City, watched teams here get the tools but never the practice — and built SOPAI to close that gap. The name says it: SOP + AI, dependable practice instead of guesswork.

42 Paris
Where both founders trained
Ho Chi Minh City
Where we live and work
Brothers
Two founders, one method
Who we are

Two brothers, one method

Michael and Ilan Linhardt — 42 Paris alumni who moved to Vietnam, saw teams get tools but not the practice to use them well, and built SOPAI to close that gap.

Portrait of Michael Linhardt, CEO & Co-founder of SOPAI

Michael Linhardt

CEO & Co-founder

Business, client relationship, delivery — the company face.

  • Three years at Decathlon Vietnam, most recently as IT Leader — real enterprise experience with the constraints, processes, and decision-makers of that kind of environment.
  • 42 Paris alumnus. Comfortable presenting and credible in B2B / corporate contexts, with a solid technical base and a good grasp of the AI ecosystem.
  • Fluent in English and French.
Ex-Decathlon Vietnam 42 Paris B2B & delivery
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Portrait of Ilan Linhardt, CTO & Co-founder of SOPAI

Ilan Linhardt

CTO & Co-founder

Engineering, AI architecture, methodology and internal tooling.

  • AI-native developer and early adopter — integrated AI into his daily workflow before it was mainstream, and builds production work with AI-first methods.
  • 42 Paris alumnus. Comfortable across TypeScript/JavaScript, Python and Rust — though with AI the stack is no longer the constraint.
  • Strong understanding of the AI development ecosystem (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) and automation platforms. Native French; strong technical English.
AI-native engineering 42 Paris Architecture & R&D
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Why us

We don’t teach AI. We work with it.

We’re developers who use these tools all day — to ship real work, not to fill slides. So when we sit with your team, we bring the hands-on reality of what holds up in production and what quietly breaks.

Credibility comes from practice, not a curriculum. SOP + AI is the whole idea: we turn messy, one-off AI usage into standard operating procedures your people can repeat, explain, and trust.

SOP Standard Operating Procedures AI Artificial Intelligence SOPAI Dependable, repeatable practice
Mission & vision

Make AI dependable for the people who use it.

Most teams already have AI. What they’re missing is a way to make it reliable, repeatable, and theirs. That’s the work we set out to do — and where we’re heading next.

  1. 01

    We deliver it ourselves first

    First clients, real references, our own hands on the work — before we ever ask anyone to take our word for it.

  2. 02

    We make the method transmissible

    As the team grows, the method gets documented and repeatable, so it scales beyond any one person.

  3. 03

    We teach it — and we build it

    Three pillars from day one: enablement for teams, for you, and custom engineering when you’d rather have it built. As the team grows, consulting deepens.

It is the whole idea behind our name: SOP + AI. Standard operating procedures meeting artificial intelligence, so AI stops being a clever one-off and becomes dependable practice your team owns.

How we show up

Partner, not professor.

Beside you, not above you

We sit with your people and learn how the work really gets done before we change anything.

Honest about limits

We say what AI does well and where it doesn’t — naming the limits is what makes it trustworthy.

Documented, so it lasts

Every flow is written down and explainable — to a teammate, a new hire, or an auditor.

Yours to keep

The SOPs and habits stay with your team. We build for handover, not lock-in.

We don’t drop a tool on the desk and wish you luck. We sit beside your people, learn how the work really gets done, and build the AI around it.
Michael & Ilan · Founders · Ho Chi Minh City
The SOPAI founders and a client team gathered on a Ho Chi Minh City rooftop
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FAQ

Questions, answered

What exactly is SOPAI?

SOPAI stands for SOP + AI — Standard Operating Procedure + Artificial Intelligence. We help companies and people turn unreliable, ad-hoc AI usage into dependable, repeatable practice: AI enablement for teams, packaged programmes for individuals, and custom AI engineering when you’d rather have it built.

How is this different from a generic AI course?

We don't teach you to chat with a chatbot. We're developers who work with these tools every day, and we focus on the collaborative, reliable use of AI inside real teams — shared context, security, and integration into your actual workflow. The programme is tailored to your stack after a pre-assessment, not pulled from a catalogue.

Who is it for?

Two audiences. For teams (B2B): companies whose people use AI tools unevenly and want reliable, shared practice — developers first, then adjacent functions. For you (B2C): individuals who want to move from chatting with an AI to building real, dependable projects.

Where do you work, and in what language?

We're based in Ho Chi Minh City and deliver on-site or hybrid across Vietnam. Delivery is in English and French today; Vietnamese is on the roadmap as the team grows.

How do you make adoption stick?

We start with a baseline, work hands-on on your real projects, and follow up so progress is visible and habits hold. You leave with reusable prompt and spec libraries, quick-start guides, and an action plan — not just a one-off session.

Ready when you are

Ready to make AI actually work?

Book a discovery session for your team, or explore the packages for yourself.

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