FAQ
Short, direct answers about what CUSP42 Labs is, what Consensus Room does, and which tools are live versus in development.
CUSP42 Labs is an independent AI thought lab that builds tools and methods for thinking with AI rather than outsourcing thinking to it — including multi-model debate, scenario analysis, structured disagreement, and AI-assisted thought experiments. Its first public product is Consensus Room, a browser extension for running structured debates across multiple AI models.
Consensus Room is a free browser extension (Chrome and Edge) that runs the same research question across multiple AI models, structures their disagreement into rounds, lets you compare and vote, and produces a consensus report. It is designed for questions where a single model's answer is too fragile. It is the only CUSP42 tool that is live today; the scenario, thought-experiment, and quant tools below are in development.
“Cusp” is the threshold where old assumptions stop working and multiple futures become plausible — the AI transition is such a cusp. “42” is a deliberately humble nod to the famous “ultimate answer” from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: the point is not that CUSP42 has the answer, but that better questions and reasoning systems matter more than confident slogans.
A single chatbot gives you one fluent answer with its reasoning hidden. CUSP42's approach makes the act of thinking with AI plural and auditable: multiple models and perspectives are made to disagree on the record, assumptions are tracked, and the output is a map of the reasoning — disagreements, uncertainties, and trade-offs — not just a conclusion.
Planned tools (in development, not yet released) include an AI-based scenario-analysis engine for base/upside/downside paths and second-order effects, an AI Thought Experiment Studio for counterfactual and adversarial reasoning, ARGUS-style research workflows for monitoring public information with deterministic verification, and local-first quant and risk toolkits for simulation and backtesting.
Yes — the current public layer is free, including the Consensus Room extension, public essays, and methodology notes. A future premium layer may add API integrations, saved workspaces, and research packs, but the free public tools remain the entry point.