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Your co-founder is model-agnostic. You choose the provider and models it thinks with, and optionally bring your own API key (BYOK) so usage is billed to your account with that provider.

Providers

Two model slots:
  • Research model — phase-1 investigation with tools (keyword drills, competitor lookups)
  • Synthesis model — writes the final schema-validated report and briefing
Most users set both to the same model. Splitting them (cheap research + strong synthesis) is a cost optimization.

BYOK vs platform key

  • No key stored → runs are billed against the platform key for your chosen provider.
  • Key stored → all runs, chat turns, and why-agent analyses use your key. The key is encrypted at rest and never returned by the API.

API

List the catalog:
Update settings:
You can also change all of this in the dashboard under Co-founder → Settings.

What uses these settings