About Sila

More time for your people.

Sila is the intelligent co-host for people who bring others together. It handles the work behind your events and community, so you can focus on what matters: your people.

Why I Built Sila

It started with community

I started a community for adults and young families to grow closer to faith and each other. Over time, it grew to thousands of members and hundreds of gatherings. People made friends, found support, and built relationships that extended far beyond the events themselves.

Then the admin started taking over

Every gathering meant another spreadsheet, email blast, form, and tool to manage.

I was spending way more time coordinating tools than connecting with people.

And I realized it wasn’t just me. Every community leader I spoke to felt the same tension: as their community grew, so did the operational work, leaving less time and energy for the people they were trying to bring together.

So I built the tool I wish I had from day one.

Sila helps you run events, grow your community, and keep everything moving without letting the work take over.

Because the tools behind a community should give you more time for your people, not less.

Wahhaj Zahedi, Founder of Sila

Wahhaj Zahedi

Founder and CEO

The Values Behind Sila

Bring people closer

As community becomes harder to find and social isolation grows, every feature starts with one question: does this bring people closer together? If the answer is no, we don’t build it.

Make the work disappear

Powerful software shouldn’t create more work. We obsess over removing steps, automating the repetitive stuff, and making the complicated feel simple.

Build alongside organizers

The people doing the work should shape the tools they use. We build Sila in close conversation with organizers. Their problems shape what we build, and their success is how we measure ours.

Less time behind the scenes. More time with your people.

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