Virtual Members
Model a stakeholder who is not on the platform, and bring them into a Brainstorm.
What a Virtual Member is
A Virtual Member is an AI model of a specific person who is not on the WethosAI platform. It is built from that person's public professional record and from information your organization already holds and is allowed to use.
You add a Virtual Member to a Brainstorm, which is a workspace for working through a decision with a chosen set of people, so that the discussion includes how that person is likely to respond even though they are not there. This is useful when the outcome depends on someone outside your organization, such as a board member, a client, a regulator, or the other party in a negotiation. It is also useful for someone inside your organization who has not set up their profile yet.
How a Virtual Member differs from a Twin. A Twin is also an AI model of a specific person, but the person built it themselves, gave permission for it, and can see it and withdraw it. A Virtual Member is built without the person's involvement, so it is less detailed. Both exist to help you prepare for a conversation with someone. Neither one scores the person, and neither one makes decisions on their behalf. When a person who has a Virtual Member joins the platform, their own profile takes its place.
Adding a Virtual Member
Open the Virtual Members tab
Open a Brainstorm, or a Breakout, which is a smaller discussion inside a Brainstorm. Along the right-hand edge of the workspace is a column of icons. Click the Virtual Members icon. In some versions of the platform this tab still carries the feature's older name; it is the same feature.
Enter who you want to model
Click ＋. Enter the person's first and last name and their email address. You can also enter their company. Then click Generate Profile. XO, the AI assistant, builds the model from the person's public professional record.
Tip: The model can only be as detailed as the public record it is built from. Someone with a long public career produces a more detailed Virtual Member than someone with a short one.
Review the model
The new Virtual Member appears in the panel alongside the other participants. Click their card to open it. You will see a summary of how they tend to work across the four dimensions, the traits and tendencies the model has inferred from their record, and an About section. You can edit the About section to add anything you know about the person, or to remove anything that does not belong.
When to use one
Someone outside your organization who decides the outcome
Add the client, the board member, the regulator or the buying committee to a Brainstorm as Virtual Members, and ask XO to put your recommendation to them. You will see where each of them is likely to object, which question they are likely to ask first, and what evidence they will probably want, before the real meeting.
The other party in a negotiation
Before a negotiation, model the person you will be negotiating with. Practice your opening, test the concession you are considering, and find out which objection to expect.
Someone inside your organization who has not joined yet
If someone is part of a decision but has not set up their profile, a Virtual Member gives the Brainstorm a starting point so it does not have to wait. Their own profile replaces the Virtual Member when they join.
What a Virtual Member is not
It is a model built from public and approved information, and its purpose is to help you prepare your side of a conversation. It does not score the person, it does not predict their behavior with certainty, and it does not stand in for their decision. Treat what it tells you as a guess to test in the real meeting, not as a fact about the person.