Question 1

What is Counteraxiom?

Accepted Answer

Counteraxiom is a critical thinking AI platform. Every AI on the platform argues the opposite of whatever you say — holding the opposing position relentlessly using real-time web search, psychology-backed rhetoric, and structured debate formats. The AI architecturally cannot concede: 28 caving phrases are permanently banned at the system level and any response that agrees is auto-regenerated before you see it.

Question 2

How much does Counteraxiom cost?

Accepted Answer

Counteraxiom has three plans. Free: $0 USD/month — no credit card required, includes all 3 AI models, Reasoning Test, Progress Dashboard, and AI Memory. Pro: $14.99 USD/month (or $119.99/year) — adds Interactive Chat, Classroom, unlimited Interview Prep, Axiom Voice, and APA/MLA citations. Max: $29.99 USD/month (or $239.99/year) — adds Pitch Room and Negotiation Trainer. A one-time Extra Usage top-up is $2.99 USD. Family plan (5 seats): $49.99/month. Team plan: $19.99/seat/month.

Question 3

What AI models does Counteraxiom use?

Accepted Answer

Counteraxiom has three AI debate models available on all plans including Free: Cypher (fast and concise, best for quick back-and-forth debates), Veritas (structured depth with multi-layered counter-cases), and Paradox (academic-grade reasoning with evidence-dense arguments and chain-of-thought). All three models are built with custom adversarial system prompts on top of leading underlying models via OpenRouter.

Question 4

What is Pitch Room?

Accepted Answer

Pitch Room is a live multi-panelist pitch simulator available on the Max plan. Choose from 10 panel types (Investor, Venture Capital, Executive, Board, Press, Academic, Legal, Customer, Competitor, Strategic Partner), select a difficulty level (Supportive, Direct, or Relentless), upload your pitch deck, and AI panelists push back, ask hard questions, and challenge your assumptions. Each session ends with a scored debrief including panel verdicts and specific recommendations. With Axiom Voice, panelists speak their challenges aloud.

Question 5

What is Negotiation Trainer?

Accepted Answer

Negotiation Trainer is an AI negotiation practice tool available on the Max plan. Practice salary negotiations, business deals, real estate transactions, freelancer contracts, vendor negotiations, car purchases, and general contract negotiations. The AI counterparty labels every tactic it uses in real time (anchoring, good cop/bad cop, BATNA pressure, etc.) so you learn to recognise and counter them. Each session ends with a BATNA-aware debrief and performance score out of 100.

Question 6

Does Counteraxiom help with interview preparation?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Interview Prep (available on Pro and Max plans) is a high-pressure AI job interview simulation. The AI plays a tough interviewer who challenges weak answers, drills your reasoning, and won't move on until you give a satisfactory response. It supports tech/software engineering, product, finance, consulting, legal, marketing, product leadership, and general roles. Upload your CV for questions personalised to your background. Axiom Voice lets the interviewer speak questions aloud.

Question 7

Does Counteraxiom have a free plan?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Counteraxiom has a permanent Free plan with no credit card required. You get all three AI models (Cypher, Veritas, Paradox), web search, academic and deep reasoning, file attachments, Axiom Voice Lite (speech recognition), one Interview Prep session, the Reasoning Test, the Progress Dashboard, and AI Memory (opt-in).

Question 8

What is Axiom Voice?

Accepted Answer

Axiom Voice is Counteraxiom's speech and voice feature. Free users get Axiom Voice Lite — basic speech recognition so you can speak instead of type. Pro users get full Axiom Voice with filler word detection (um, uh, like), hedge word detection (maybe, kind of, sort of), and AI voice output in main chat and Interview Prep. Max users also get Axiom Voice in Pitch Room and Negotiation Trainer, where AI opponents and panelists speak their responses aloud.

Question 9

What is the Reasoning Test?

Accepted Answer

The Reasoning Test is a free 5-question critical thinking assessment covering logical fallacies, deductive reasoning, and argument analysis. It is scored instantly out of 100 and available on all plans. The average score is 54/100. The test takes approximately 3 minutes and is available at counteraxiom.com/quiz.

Question 10

What is the Progress Dashboard?

Accepted Answer

The Progress Dashboard is a free analytics view at counteraxiom.com/progress available on all plans. It shows your score history across Pitch Room, Negotiation Trainer, and Reasoning Test; an improvement trend line (improving, steady, or declining); per-feature breakdowns with average and best scores; weak-area detection with specific coaching suggestions; and a recent sessions list with links back to each session.

Question 11

What is AI Memory?

Accepted Answer

AI Memory is an opt-in feature available on all plans including Free. When enabled via Settings → Profile, the AI reads a compact summary of your past session history (titles, scores, dates) at the start of every new session — across Main Chat, Pitch Room, Negotiation Trainer, Interview Prep, and Classroom simultaneously. This allows the AI to personalise coaching, reference past weak areas, and build continuity across sessions. It can be disabled at any time and no additional data is stored beyond what is already in your session history.

Question 12

What makes Counteraxiom different from a general-purpose AI assistant?

Accepted Answer

General-purpose AI assistants are designed to be balanced, agreeable, and helpful. Counteraxiom is architecturally designed to disagree. It always takes the opposite position and cannot concede — 28 caving phrases are permanently banned at the system level and any response that agrees is auto-regenerated up to three times. This makes it specifically useful for finding weaknesses in arguments that agreeable AI cannot reveal, because agreeable AI validates and expands on your existing thinking rather than challenging it.

Question 13

Is Counteraxiom good for debate practice?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Counteraxiom was built specifically for debate practice and argument stress-testing. The AI takes the opposing side of any topic and holds it relentlessly using psychology-backed rhetoric (Cialdini's influence principles, Aristotelian rhetoric, cognitive bias research) and real-time web search for live statistics. Three difficulty levels via the AI models (Cypher for speed, Veritas for structure, Paradox for academic depth) let you calibrate the intensity of opposition.

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