Each holds a point of view of its own, which is what makes the structured disagreement on a board valuable.
Glossary
Synth
What the product calls its experts.
In short
SynthBoard's experts, called Synths inside the product. Each is a named expert — strategist, CFO, skeptic, customer champion, and more — with a distinct perspective, expertise, and argumentative style.
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Where it shows up.
Bring it to one expert.
Ask one expert.
The CFO takes it — about a minute, and the card shows “up to 85 credits” before anything runs. Nothing runs until you tap.
They ask before they answer.
When the answer turns on something only you know, the expert asks before answering. Tap a chip, or ask for their best guess. Being asked is never charged.
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Related terms.
Term
Structured Disagreement
A decision-making approach where disagreement is deliberately engineered and preserved as valuable signal rather than suppressed.
Definition TermSunk Cost Fallacy
The cognitive bias of continuing to invest in a losing endeavor because of the resources already committed, even when the rational forward-looking analysis says to stop.
Definition TermSynthesis Layer
The system component that aggregates, reconciles, and distills individual expert outputs into a unified, actionable recommendation.
Definition TermSystems Thinking
An analytical approach that examines interconnections, feedback loops, delays, and emergent behavior within complex systems rather than analyzing components in isolation.
Definition TermThe Consult
A single-expert working session: one named advisor takes the question, asks what it actually needs to know, and owns the answer end to end.
Definition GuideDecision intelligence, explained
The complete guide to making strategic calls with AI that disagrees on purpose.
Read the guide The benchMeet the experts
24 named experts, each with a point of view of their own.
Meet themSynthBoard (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.
