About Mediator.ai

Negotiations can quickly become emotional and unproductive. Whether it's deciding startup equity, negotiating employment contracts, dividing household chores, or managing disputes between businesses, negotiations often devolve into tense standoffs. Those who compromise early often face lasting disadvantages, particularly impacting people who are naturally conflict-averse.

Mediator.ai was built to solve exactly this problem, combining groundbreaking insights from game theory with advanced artificial intelligence.

The Science Behind Fair Negotiations

In 1950, mathematician John Nash developed an elegant method known as the Nash bargaining solution. Nash showed that the fairest outcome in any negotiation maximizes the product of each party's satisfaction ("utility") relative to their fallback options. Maximizing this product naturally leads to balanced agreements—since a negotiation only succeeds when every participant says "yes".

The Nash solution is also incentive-compatible - a game theory term meaning that honesty is literally your best strategy. With Nash bargaining, you achieve the best possible outcome by accurately representing what you truly want. It's similar to second-price auctions (like eBay), where your optimal strategy is to bid exactly what something is worth to you.

Despite its theoretical advantages, Nash's method is rarely applied in practice because humans struggle to translate nuanced preferences into numeric utilities. Questions such as, "Exactly how much salary would you trade for additional vacation days?" are notoriously challenging to answer numerically.

How Mediator.ai Solves This Challenge

Mediator.ai uses advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) to convert everyday language directly into numeric utility functions, making Nash bargaining practical and accessible. Our AI assistant guides you through creating a comprehensive position statement, asking targeted questions to understand your priorities and constraints. For example, you might express:

"A fair equity split is important, but control over IP rights is essential. I'd accept slightly less equity for shorter vesting periods."

The AI assistant helps ensure your position is complete and accurate, identifying key negotiation issues and helping you articulate what matters most. It then clarifies your priorities with straightforward follow-up questions:

"Would you prioritize complete IP control even if it meant accepting 3% less equity?"

Using your clarified preferences, Mediator.ai evaluates possible agreements, comparing each one against the fallback scenarios of all involved parties. It then iteratively optimizes these drafts, seeking the fairest outcome—one that maximizes everyone's satisfaction. The result: clear, fair, and balanced agreements.

No commitment until you decide: Mediator.ai only proposes draft agreements. Each participant reviews the draft and chooses whether to accept, modify, or walk away—nothing is binding until everyone explicitly agrees.

Get Early Access

Mediator.ai is currently in private beta. We're working with a select group of users to refine the platform and ensure it delivers truly fair and balanced agreements. If you'd like to be notified when we launch publicly, click the button below.

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Disclaimer: Mediator.ai uses artificial intelligence which may produce inaccurate information. This platform does not provide legal advice. Consult a licensed attorney before entering any binding agreement.