I built xyz to orchestrate multiple AI models working together in Slack. The system handles the coordination automatically, giving you different perspectives in a single conversation.
Strata came from wondering what a more guided version might look like. The underlying idea is the same: multiple perspectives tend to reveal more than any single viewpoint. Instead of an open canvas, it's a structured flow. You talk through what you're thinking about, and the system walks you through it from different angles.
Typing forces you to organize your thoughts before you share them. Speaking is different. You can ramble, backtrack, contradict yourself. The messy version is often the honest version.
There's probably a reason most therapy is talk therapy. Speaking seems to access something different than writing does. When I'm stuck on something, talking it through with another person usually helps. Saying it out loud forces me to figure out what I actually think.
Strata tries to create something like that. You speak your raw thinking, and the system reflects it back through multiple lenses. The goal is to help you hear your own thinking more clearly.
There's a personal mode and a product mode. Personal mode is for open-ended exploration: questions without clear answers, decisions you're sitting with, ideas you're still figuring out.
Product mode produces artifacts like pitches, PRDs, and premortems. The best product thinking I've done has come from systematically working through different angles before committing to a direction.
Strata is an experiment. I'm curious how structured AI conversations might help people think more clearly by surfacing perspectives they might not have considered on their own.
If you try it and have thoughts, I'd like to hear them.
I'm Cale Reid. You can find me on LinkedIn, read more on Substack, or reach out at calereid@gmail.com.