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AI Council

Convene an AI council
for any decision that matters.

Several named experts sit on one question, argue it from opposed seats, and hand back one call — with who disagreed, and what would change it. Your Chief of Staff seats them; nothing runs until you tap.

Start free See how a board works

An example: a council’s card before anything runs — who sits, the one question, the price. How many seats a council has depends on your plan.

In short

What is an AI council?

An AI council is a convened group of expert AI advisors that argues a strategic question and hands back one call, with a confidence that drops when the council splits and the dissent kept on the page.

The word carries its own signal: councils deliberate, weigh evidence, and disagree before they decide. On SynthBoard a council is a board — 24 named experts to compose it from, and a Chief of Staff who proposes the seats for each call. She shows the price on a card first; nothing runs until you tap.

Who sits
Your Chief of Staff proposes the council from the bench; name anyone you want seated. Someone always argues against the obvious answer.
How it runs
Each expert researches alone, then reacts once to the others. The seats sit on different AI models.
What comes back
A memo: the call, the conditions it holds under, who disagreed and why, and a first step with a date.
What it costs
A council on Free reads about 95 credits on its card. Each card shows what a room like it typically costs; you pay for what it really used.

Two councils

One question each.
Several seats deciding it.

A pricing change and a move abroad, each argued from the seats that matter. Examples, trimmed for length.

Retainers, or hourly?

Work · Board of 3

We’re a 9-person design agency billing $95 an hour. Switch all 14 clients to fixed monthly retainers from January, or keep billing hourly?

Chief of staff

This is a council call: The CFO, The Customer and The Skeptic. Each researches alone first, then they react to one another — and on a decision, two of them take opposed sides.

  • The CFOFinancial Controller
  • The CustomerUser Voice
  • The SkepticRisk Assessor

Asked first

How much of last year’s work went unbilled — extra rounds, scope creep?

Under 10%10–20%More than 20%

The board’s call

Move the eight clients on ongoing work to retainers in January. Keep the six project clients on hourly until their projects end.

Retainers turn the hours you already lose to extra rounds into margin, and make March as predictable as December. Project clients buy a finished thing; to them, a retainer reads as a price rise.

Confidence63 · Moderate

The Customer disagreed

“A client who bought hours wants to see hours. Send a monthly report with the retainer, or the first renewal is where you lose them”

First step Draft the retainer offer for the eight ongoing clientsby Friday

Board of 3 · about 95 credits on the card · an example, not a recorded run

Lisbon, together?

Life · Board of 3

My partner has a job offer in Lisbon starting in March. I’d leave my job of six years, and we have $40k saved. Go together, or do a year long-distance first?

Chief of staff

Your council: The Empath, The CFO and The Futurist — the two of you, the money, and where each of you is in five years. Each researches alone, then they react to one another.

  • The EmpathPeople Advocate
  • The CFOFinancial Controller
  • The FuturistTrend Spotter

Asked first

Could you keep your job remotely, even for six months?

YesMaybe, if I askNo

The board’s call

Go together in March — after asking your employer for six months remote. If they say no, go anyway, with a job search started in January.

A year apart costs more than the move: two rents, the flights, and a year in which distance decides the relationship. $40k covers about eight months in Lisbon on one salary — enough time to find work.

Confidence68 · Moderate

The CFO disagreed

“Eight months is the best case. If rent runs high and you find nothing, the savings are gone by October”

First step Ask your manager about six months remotethis week

Board of 3 · about 95 credits on the card · an example, not a recorded run

Inside a council

Opposed seats, one question.
One call, the dissent kept.

Built to disagree

A council is not a chorus. Someone is always seated to argue against the obvious answer, two take opposed sides on a decision, and the seats sit on different AI models.

Confidence that drops with dissent

The memo names the call, how sure the council is, what would flip it and who disagreed. A split council is a signal: confidence falls with dissent and is never above 90.

Sized to the call

Not every question needs the whole council. She answers small things herself and puts one named expert on a question that needs one — about a minute, its price on the card.

Take it to your partners

Share the memo — the call, the dissent, the first step — as a read-only page anyone can open, or export it as PDF or Markdown.

Who sits

Who sits on your council.
Each one holds a position.

Your Chief of Staff proposes who sits for the call, and every board is built with someone whose job is to argue against the obvious answer. Name an expert and they take a seat; tell her who you want on your board and they sit by default. How many seats a board has depends on your plan.

Pick an expert

Hover, tap or tab throughSwipe, then tap one
  • GPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Grok

Seats are spread across model families: GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and more.

Questions

Fair questions.
Straight answers.

What people ask before they convene their first council.

What is an AI council?

An AI council is a convened group of expert AI advisors that argues a strategic question and hands back one call, with the dissent kept. Each council member represents a different perspective — finance, strategy, operations, the customer, the skeptic — so the resulting recommendation has been pressure-tested from multiple angles.

How is an AI council different from an AI advisory board?

The terms are used interchangeably. "Council" implies a deliberative body that weighs decisions; "advisory board" implies an ongoing relationship with a leader. Both describe the same core pattern: multiple expert AI perspectives convened around a specific question.

How is an AI council different from asking ChatGPT to role-play multiple experts?

Role-playing still runs one model with one context window. An AI council runs multiple advisor instances with different roles, different objectives, and sometimes different underlying models — so disagreement is structural, not theatrical.

What decisions are best suited for an AI council?

Strategic pivots, fundraising timing, pricing strategy, executive hiring, M&A evaluation, market entry, product prioritization, career moves — any decision where the cost of being wrong is significant and the right answer is not obvious.

How many advisors form a council?

Your Chief of Staff proposes who sits for the call, and every board is built with someone whose job is to argue against the obvious answer. Name an expert and they take a seat; tell her who you want on your board and they sit by default. How many seats a board has depends on your plan.

How much does it cost to convene an AI council?

Free to start — 150 credits every month + 250 to start. Talking to your Chief of Staff is free within a daily allowance. A consult or a board shows its price on the card before anything runs, and nothing runs until you tap.

Can I save a council for future decisions?

Yes. Tell your Chief of Staff who you want on your board and they sit by default the next time a board opens. For any single call, name the experts you want and they take the seats.

Is the council output private?

Yes. Your rooms are private to your account, and sharing is something you do on purpose. A room can also run off the record, leaving nothing on file.

Next

SynthBoard (synthboard.ai) is one place for your business, your life, and every hard call. Your Chief of Staff keeps what you tell her on file, and 24 named experts on different AI models take the calls — one expert for a consult, a board with opposed seats for the hard ones — and hand back a memo with the call, the dissent and the first move. How it works.

Convene your AI council.
One question. Several seats.

Retainers, or keep billing hourly?Move to Lisbon together, or wait a year?Raise our prices 20% in January?

It waits in her box after you sign up. Nothing is sent until you press send.