SynthBoardvsPi

Pi listens.
A board pushes back.

Pi is built to be kind and easy to talk to. That is the right thing when you need to think out loud. When a call is real, you also need someone to argue the other side — and to remember what you chose.

Start free See one call, side by side

Free to start. No card.

PiInflection AI

What it’s good at

Warm, patient conversation
Thinking out loud, reflecting
A companion that is easy to talk to

Some days you need a listener more than a board. Pi is a good one.

SynthBoardYour chief of staff and her experts

What a board adds

Named experts who hold a position, on different AI models
On a decision, two are assigned opposite sides
The call, how sure the board is, and who disagreed and why
Your world on file, work and home apart, and a first step with a date

24 named experts on the bench

One call, side by side

Same question.
A different kind of answer.

A personal call, typed the way a person types it: the board’s run, next to the shape of what Pi would hand back. An example, trimmed for length.

Sell the house and rent?

Life · Board of 3

Our mortgage is $3,100 a month and it’s squeezing us since my partner went part-time. If we sell we’d clear about $140k after the loan, and a similar place rents for $2,700. Should we sell?

Chief of staff

Your board is seated: The Analyst, The CFO, The Empath. They read the brief first, then research, then argue it out.

The AnalystData Expert
The CFOFinancial Controller
The EmpathPeople Advocate

The board’s call

Don’t sell yet. Ask your bank about refinancing over a longer term first; renting saves $400 a month, but selling gives up the home to get it.

Renting saves $400 a month, about $4,800 a year. Selling costs agent fees and a move, and the $140k would have to earn its keep somewhere. If a refinance brings the payment near $2,700, you keep the house and the same saving.

Confidence58 · Moderate

The Empath disagreed

“You said it’s squeezing you. If the pressure is hurting the two of you now, the cheapest answer on paper isn’t the only cost that counts.”

First step Ask your bank for a refinance quote over a longer termthis week

Example · Board of 3 · about 95 credits

The table

What you get
on a hard call.

Where Pi has something close, it gets the credit.

SynthBoard compared with Pi
What you get	SynthBoard	Pi
Several named experts on one questionA consult with one expert, or a board with several	Yes	No
Experts assigned to argue opposed positionsOn a decision, at least two take opposite sides	Yes	No
Seats spread across AI model familiesNot one lab’s habits on every seat	Yes	No
The dissent kept in the final answerWho disagreed, why, and what would change the call	Yes	No
The answer in the shape the question needsA decision, a plan, a comparison, a forecast, the written piece	11 shapes	No
Remembers what you decidedAnd names it first when an ask would reverse it	Yes	Partly
Work and personal kept apartA room is grounded only in its own context	Yes	No
Reads your tools; writes only after you confirmNotion, Google Docs, Gmail, Slack, Linear, HubSpot and more	Yes	No
An answer the same hourA consult takes about a minute; a board, about 6–10 minutes	Yes	Yes
A companion for open-ended talk	No	Yes

Fair is fair

When to use Pi.

It does things SynthBoard doesn’t try to. Use it for these, and bring the hard calls to a board.

01
Talking it through
When you want to think out loud with someone patient.
02
Reflection
Sorting out how you feel before you decide anything.
03
Support, not a challenge
Some days you need encouragement more than an argument.

Questions

Fair questions.
Straight answers.

What people ask before they choose between SynthBoard and Pi.

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Is SynthBoard only for business?

No. Your Chief of Staff keeps work and personal apart on the same thread. A job offer, a move or a big purchase gets the same experts and the same memory as a pricing call — and never mixes with your business notes.

Can I talk to it by voice?

You can send her a voice note on every plan. Voice inside a room is on Max and above.

Is every question a board?

No. Your Chief of Staff answers the everyday herself. A question that needs one expert becomes a consult; only the biggest calls go to a board. 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.

What if the experts are wrong?

They can be: the experts are AI. That is why every memo shows how confident the board is, what would flip the call and who disagreed, and why the call stays yours.

Talking it through

Reflection

Support, not a challenge

Is SynthBoard only for business?

Can I talk to it by voice?

Is every question a board?

What if the experts are wrong?

Bring the call you keep putting off.

Bring the call
you keep putting off.