Key Benefits
- Instant AI Meeting Summaries
Within minutes of a meeting's conclusion, Preside's AI produces a concise executive summary highlighting key decisions, open action items, and areas requiring follow-up, ensuring every director stays aligned even if they missed the session.
- One-Click AI Board Book Generation
Preside's AI assembles complete board books by pulling the latest financials, committee reports, and agenda materials into a professionally formatted, paginated document ready for director review.
- AI Governance Health Score
Receive a dynamic, data-driven assessment of your board's governance posture across attendance, compliance, document review rates, voting participation, and more, with actionable recommendations for improvement.
- AI Board Advisor On Demand
Directors can ask Preside's AI advisor governance questions in natural language and receive context-aware answers grounded in your organization's bylaws, regulations, and historical board decisions.
- AI Help Assistant for Every User
A built-in AI help chatbot guides administrators and directors through platform features, troubleshoots issues, and provides step-by-step guidance, reducing the learning curve and support burden.
AI Meeting Summaries
Traditional meeting minutes capture what was said, but AI meeting summaries capture what matters. Preside's AI analyzes the full context of board discussions and distills them into concise, structured summaries that highlight key decisions, unresolved issues, assigned action items, and strategic themes. Each summary is generated within minutes of the meeting's conclusion and can be reviewed, edited, and shared immediately. Unlike generic transcription tools, Preside's AI understands governance context, it distinguishes between motions and discussions, identifies when votes were taken, and flags items that require follow-up at the next meeting. Summaries are linked to the meeting record and stored permanently in your governance archive, providing a powerful tool for directors who need to quickly catch up or review past deliberations before making new decisions.
AI Board Book Generation
Compiling a board book is one of the most labor-intensive tasks in governance administration. Preside's AI board book generator transforms this process from days of manual assembly into a single-click operation. The AI pulls the most current versions of required documents, financial statements, CEO reports, committee summaries, risk assessments, and strategic updates, and assembles them into a professionally formatted, paginated board book with an auto-generated table of contents and executive summary page. Administrators can customize the structure using templates, reorder sections, and add annotations before distributing the book to directors. The AI also identifies missing documents and alerts the team, ensuring completeness. The result is a polished, comprehensive board pack that directors can access on any device, annotate privately, and reference during meetings, all produced in a fraction of the traditional time.
AI Governance Health Score
Governance effectiveness is difficult to measure, until now. Preside's AI Governance Health Score provides boards with a dynamic, quantitative assessment of their governance posture, calculated from real platform usage data. The score evaluates multiple dimensions: meeting attendance rates, document review completion, voting participation, compliance checklist adherence, evaluation completion, action item follow-through, and committee activity levels. Each dimension is weighted according to governance best practices and presented in an intuitive dashboard with trend lines, benchmarks, and peer comparisons. More importantly, the AI provides specific, actionable recommendations, such as increasing evaluation frequency, addressing overdue compliance items, or improving pre-meeting material review rates. This data-driven approach transforms governance from a subjective assessment into a measurable, improvable discipline that boards can report on to shareholders and regulators with confidence.
AI Board Advisor
Preside's AI Board Advisor is a context-aware governance assistant that directors and administrators can consult at any time. Unlike generic AI chatbots, the Board Advisor is trained on corporate governance best practices, regulatory frameworks across 11 jurisdictions, and your organization's own bylaws, policies, and historical decisions. Directors can ask natural-language questions such as 'What are our quorum requirements for special resolutions?' or 'What does the UK Corporate Governance Code say about board diversity?' and receive precise, sourced answers within seconds. The advisor can also proactively surface relevant regulations when new compliance requirements emerge, recommend governance improvements based on your board's activity patterns, and help directors prepare for meetings by summarizing relevant background materials. Every interaction is logged for transparency, and the AI clearly distinguishes between factual references and recommendations.
AI Help Assistant
Adopting new board management software should not require extensive training or a dedicated support team. Preside's AI Help Assistant is embedded throughout the platform, ready to guide users through any feature or workflow. Whether a director needs help uploading a document, an administrator wants to configure a committee, or a new member needs to understand how to cast an electronic vote, the AI assistant provides step-by-step guidance in plain language. It can walk users through complex processes like board book assembly, explain permission settings, troubleshoot access issues, and answer questions about governance terminology. The assistant learns from your organization's usage patterns and FAQ history, becoming more helpful over time. For governance teams, this means fewer support tickets, faster onboarding, and higher platform adoption rates, ensuring the board realizes the full value of its investment in Preside from day one.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does AI improve board governance?
AI improves board governance by automating time-consuming tasks like minutes drafting and board book assembly, providing data-driven insights through governance health scoring, and making regulatory knowledge instantly accessible via the AI advisor. This allows directors to spend more time on strategic decision-making and less time on administrative processes, while also improving compliance and documentation quality.
What AI features does Preside offer?
Preside offers five core AI capabilities: AI Meeting Summaries that distill board discussions into actionable briefs, AI Board Book Generation that assembles complete board packs automatically, an AI Governance Health Score that quantifies governance effectiveness, an AI Board Advisor for on-demand regulatory and governance guidance, and an AI Help Assistant that guides users through every platform feature.
Can AI generate board meeting summaries?
Yes. Preside's AI analyzes the full context of board discussions and produces structured summaries within minutes of a meeting's conclusion. These summaries highlight key decisions, action items, and follow-up requirements. They are linked to the meeting record and can be shared with absent directors to keep the entire board aligned.
What is an AI governance advisor?
An AI governance advisor is a specialized assistant that answers governance-related questions using your organization's bylaws, policies, and a comprehensive regulations library. Preside's AI Board Advisor provides context-aware guidance on regulatory compliance, governance best practices, and board procedures, helping directors make informed decisions without waiting for external legal counsel.