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AI Council

Convene an AI Council for any decision that matters.

An AI council is a panel of expert AI advisors who debate your decision in real time and produce a synthesized recommendation backed by consensus scoring.

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What is an AI council?

An AI council is a convened group of expert AI advisors that debates a strategic question with you in real time and produces a synthesized recommendation backed by consensus scoring. The council members each represent a distinct perspective — strategy, finance, operations, analysis, marketing, and human perspectives — so the resulting recommendation has been challenged from every angle that matters.

The word council carries its own signal. Councils deliberate. Councils weigh evidence. Councils disagree before they agree. A decision that has passed through a council is structurally different from one that came out of a chat window — not because the underlying AI is different, but because the process is different.

SynthBoard gives you 24 AI advisors from which to compose your council, 10 session modes to shape how the council engages with your question, and a real-time interface where you direct the deliberation, not just observe it.

Inside an AI council session

Multi-perspective debate

Every council member responds to your question — and to each other. Disagreement is the default, not the exception.

Cognitive diversity

Advisors draw from different expertise and different underlying models, producing genuine disagreement on hard questions.

Consensus scoring

Every outcome quantifies where the council aligned and where it split. Strong consensus is a signal. So is weak consensus.

10 session modes

The Boardroom, The Arena, Shark Tank, War Room, Crystal Ball, and more — each reshapes how the council engages.

Dissents preserved

When a council member dissents from strong consensus, the dissent is highlighted — not buried. Often the minority view is the one that saves you.

Shareable outcomes

Export the full council session — recommendation, reasoning, dissents, next steps — and share it with your team or real advisors.

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Start free. 250 credits to start. Run your first council session in minutes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an AI council?
An AI council is a convened group of expert AI advisors that debates a strategic question with you in real time and produces a synthesized recommendation. 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?
Pick 2–12 advisors per session, chosen from a pool of 24. Smaller councils move faster; larger councils surface more dimensions. You can pick manually or let Smart Setup choose based on your question.
How much does it cost to convene an AI council?
SynthBoard is free to start — 250 credits to start plus 150 credits monthly. Most council sessions cost a few cents to a few dollars in credits, depending on depth and model selection.
Can I save a council for future decisions?
Yes. Custom boards let you save preferred advisor combinations. A user might keep one council for pricing decisions, another for hiring, and a third for high-stakes pivots or major personal calls.
Is the council output private?
Yes. Sessions are private by default, encrypted, and isolated per account. Sharing is explicit. Enterprise plans add SSO, audit logs, and team controls.

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