Built to behave like a real room, not a polite chatbot.
Most AI panels are one voice in costume. Plenary is built so each participant keeps their own view, reacts to every comment as it happens, and speaks when someone in their seat would.
Outside Biases Removed
The AI's bias
Left alone, every AI character sounds alike: agreeable, balanced, eager to help. Plenary grounds each participant in their own background, experience and knowledge, so a skeptical buyer stays sceptical and a busy operator stays short on patience.
The room's bias
In a real group, the first or loudest opinion pulls everyone toward it. In Plenary, each participant forms a view before hearing anyone else's. When they do change their mind, you can see who changed it and when.
One chat playing four characters
- Interesting idea. Could be really useful for a lot of freelancers.7/10
- Could be helpful, though some people may already have an accountant.6/10
- Promising, depending on the integrations.7/10
- Great for anyone who loses receipts!8/10
Plenary · same four, same concept
- Quarterly estimates are the part I dread. I'd try it.7/10
- $12 on top of the accountant I already pay? No.4/10
- Depends whether it reads my bank feed or I upload everything.6/10
- I lose receipts constantly. This is for me.8/10
A poll after every comment, against every participant
After each comment, every participant is asked how it landed, what they are thinking and whether they want to say something. A separate analyst reads their answers and assigns an urge score from −10 to +10, along with a read of their emotional response. Participants never score themselves.
#1 · ModeratorLedger files your receipts and drafts your quarterly tax estimate for $12 a month.
#2 · TomI already pay someone to do my taxes. This is a second bill for the same job.
#3 · AishaDoes your accountant chase your receipts every quarter? Mine charges extra for that.
#4 · RafaHonestly, I'd pay just for the receipt photos.
#5 · MeiHang on. Without the bank feed, you're still doing the chasing.
#6 · ModeratorTom, has anything changed for you?
Aisha Okafor
spoke
Tom Brandt
spoke
Mei Lin
spoke
Rafa Silva
spoke
Aisha Okafor
Moderator: “Ledger files your receipts and drafts your quarterly tax estimate for $12 a month.”
Their answers to the poll
Quarterly estimates are the part I dread.
Want to speak? Not yet. I want to hear what it costs in practice.
Analyst's read
+3
Curious, cautiously positive
Aisha Okafor
Tom: “I already pay someone to do my taxes. This is a second bill for the same job.”
Their answers to the poll
That's not the same job. His accountant doesn't chase receipts.
Want to speak? Yes, I want to answer that.
Analyst's read
+7
Disagrees, energised
Aisha Okafor
Rafa: “Honestly, I'd pay just for the receipt photos.”
Their answers to the poll
Good, someone agrees with me.
Want to speak? No need.
Analyst's read
+1
Pleased
Aisha Okafor
Mei: “Hang on. Without the bank feed, you're still doing the chasing.”
Their answers to the poll
She has a point. I would forget the photos too.
Want to speak? Maybe later.
Analyst's read
+2
Challenged, reconsidering
Aisha Okafor
Moderator: “Tom, has anything changed for you?”
Their answers to the poll
I want to hear whether the April point landed.
Want to speak? No, it's his turn.
Analyst's read
0
Attentive
Tom Brandt
Moderator: “Ledger files your receipts and drafts your quarterly tax estimate for $12 a month.”
Their answers to the poll
I already pay my accountant for this.
Want to speak? Yes. Someone should say it's a second bill.
Analyst's read
+6
Skeptical, a little defensive
Tom Brandt
Aisha: “Does your accountant chase your receipts every quarter? Mine charges extra for that.”
Their answers to the poll
Fair. She does bill me for the April catch-up.
Want to speak? Not yet. I'm not conceding in front of everyone.
Analyst's read
+2
Conceding privately, guarded
Tom Brandt
Rafa: “Honestly, I'd pay just for the receipt photos.”
Their answers to the poll
Of course he would. He isn't paying anyone.
Want to speak? No.
Analyst's read
−3
Dismissive
Tom Brandt
Mei: “Hang on. Without the bank feed, you're still doing the chasing.”
Their answers to the poll
So it's not as automatic as it sounds.
Want to speak? I'd back her up.
Analyst's read
+4
Vindicated
Tom Brandt
Moderator: “Tom, has anything changed for you?”
Their answers to the poll
If it cuts the April bill, I'd consider it.
Want to speak? Yes, I've been asked.
Analyst's read
+6
Softening
Mei Lin
Moderator: “Ledger files your receipts and drafts your quarterly tax estimate for $12 a month.”
Their answers to the poll
Everything depends on the bank feed.
Want to speak? Not yet.
Analyst's read
+1
Neutral, withholding judgment
Mei Lin
Tom: “I already pay someone to do my taxes. This is a second bill for the same job.”
Their answers to the poll
He's right about the price, wrong about why.
Want to speak? No. Let them argue.
Analyst's read
−2
Detached
Mei Lin
Aisha: “Does your accountant chase your receipts every quarter? Mine charges extra for that.”
Their answers to the poll
Chasing is only solved if it reads the bank.
Want to speak? Soon.
Analyst's read
+3
Engaged
Mei Lin
Rafa: “Honestly, I'd pay just for the receipt photos.”
Their answers to the poll
Photos don't solve anything. You still have to take them.
Want to speak? Yes. Now.
Analyst's read
+8
Frustrated, feels the point is being missed
Mei Lin
Moderator: “Tom, has anything changed for you?”
Their answers to the poll
He'll say maybe.
Want to speak? No.
Analyst's read
−1
Waiting
Rafa Silva
Moderator: “Ledger files your receipts and drafts your quarterly tax estimate for $12 a month.”
Their answers to the poll
I lose receipts constantly.
Want to speak? Maybe. I'd say it's for me.
Analyst's read
+4
Interested
Rafa Silva
Tom: “I already pay someone to do my taxes. This is a second bill for the same job.”
Their answers to the poll
I don't have an accountant. Am I the odd one out?
Want to speak? Not now.
Analyst's read
+1
Mildly uncomfortable
Rafa Silva
Aisha: “Does your accountant chase your receipts every quarter? Mine charges extra for that.”
Their answers to the poll
This is exactly my problem.
Want to speak? Yes, I'll back her up.
Analyst's read
+5
Relieved, aligned
Rafa Silva
Mei: “Hang on. Without the bank feed, you're still doing the chasing.”
Their answers to the poll
Fine, but it would still help me.
Want to speak? No.
Analyst's read
−1
Deflated
Rafa Silva
Moderator: “Tom, has anything changed for you?”
Their answers to the poll
Come on, Tom.
Want to speak? No.
Analyst's read
+2
Hopeful
Stepping in, out of turn
Real conversations don't go round the table in order. When a participant's urge runs high because they disagree, know something the room doesn't, or feel misread, they step in without waiting to be asked. When it runs low, they stay quiet, however long it has been since they last spoke.
Honestly, I'd pay just for the receipt photos.
Poll: “Photos don't solve anything. You still have to take them.” · wants to speak now+8
Hang on. Without the bank feed, you're still doing the chasing.
Audit of thought
Every participant's thinking is kept at every stage and after every comment, including the ones who never said a word. Select any moment to see what the whole room was thinking.
- Aisha Okafor+3 Quarterly estimates are the part I dread. Curious, cautiously positive · stayed silent
- Tom Brandt+6 I already pay my accountant for this. Skeptical, a little defensive · stayed silent
- Mei Lin+1 Everything depends on the bank feed. Neutral, withholding judgment · stayed silent
- Rafa Silva+4 I lose receipts constantly. Interested · stayed silent
- Aisha Okafor+7 That's not the same job. His accountant doesn't chase receipts. Disagrees, energised · stepped in next
- Tom Brandt Speaking at this point. No poll · speaker
- Mei Lin−2 He's right about the price, wrong about why. Detached · stayed silent
- Rafa Silva+1 I don't have an accountant. Am I the odd one out? Mildly uncomfortable · stayed silent
- Aisha Okafor Speaking at this point. No poll · speaker
- Tom Brandt+2 Fair. She does bill me for the April catch-up. Conceding privately, guarded · stayed silent
- Mei Lin+3 Chasing is only solved if it reads the bank. Engaged · stayed silent
- Rafa Silva+5 This is exactly my problem. Relieved, aligned · stayed silent
- Aisha Okafor+1 Good, someone agrees with me. Pleased · stayed silent
- Tom Brandt−3 Of course he would. He isn't paying anyone. Dismissive · stayed silent
- Mei Lin+8 Photos don't solve anything. You still have to take them. Frustrated, feels the point is being missed · stepped in next
- Rafa Silva Speaking at this point. No poll · speaker
- Aisha Okafor+2 She has a point. I would forget the photos too. Challenged, reconsidering · stayed silent
- Tom Brandt+4 So it's not as automatic as it sounds. Vindicated · stayed silent
- Mei Lin Speaking at this point. No poll · speaker
- Rafa Silva−1 Fine, but it would still help me. Deflated · stayed silent
- Aisha Okafor0 I want to hear whether the April point landed. Attentive · stayed silent
- Tom Brandt+6 If it cuts the April bill, I'd consider it. Softening · stayed silent
- Mei Lin−1 He'll say maybe. Waiting · stayed silent
- Rafa Silva+2 Come on, Tom. Hopeful · stayed silent
The session ends. The conversation doesn't have to.
After every session, you can ask any participant a follow-up question. They answer from everything they saw, heard and thought during it, including what they chose not to say.
After Aisha's point about the April catch-up, you went quiet. What were you thinking?
That she was right, and I didn't want to concede it in front of everyone. My accountant charges me about $400 every April to sort out receipts. If Ledger removes that, $12 a month is cheap.
What would have got you to say so at the time?
Being asked directly. Which the moderator did, eventually, at #6.