Overview
Summary of findings from public ChainML site and related pages. ChainML positions itself as an AI R&D company focused on AI agents, agent tooling, and Web3 approaches. Core offerings described on the site and related pages include: Theoriq (announced) — a modular, composable AI Agent "base layer" highlighted on the homepage; Council Analytics — a commercial "talk-to-data" API/platform for conversational analytics (commercial offering referenced but public commercial API pricing/docs not published on chainml.net); Council (Open-Source) — an open-source framework for production-grade AI agents (Python, planned Rust), provider-agnostic (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and local models like Ollama/Groq), with governance tools (Controllers, Filters, Evaluators, Budgets), monitoring, packaging/deployment tooling and integrations (LangChain, LlamaIndex); and an AI Agent Protocol (Web3) described as a Web3-enabled execution/utilization layer for agents with micropayments and account-abstraction economics (presented as a decentralized counterpart to a GPTs Store). Use cases highlighted on the site include self-serve analytics, integrated application chat, market research, and automated customer support, with emphasis on guardrails, evaluation, cost/budget control, and enterprise deployment. Open-source presence is explicit: active GitHub repository (https://github.com/chain-ml/council) and documentation site (https://council.dev/), with install instructions (pip install council-ai) present in the repository README. Governance and monitoring features described include built-in usage tracking, token/cost monitoring, retry logic, and quality-control tooling for production deployments. Team and About pages list leadership (Ron Bodkin — CEO; Arnaud Flament — CTO; David Mueller — Product Lead; Ethan Jackson — Research Lead; Guillaume Koch — Chief Architect) and site signals hiring and R&D focus. The blog contains posts about GenAI outlooks (2024), AI agents, Web3 & AI, and related commentary; posts are organized into categories (Education, AI, Press, Announcements, Council). A privacy policy is available on the site and was last-updated Aug 08, 2023. Missing items and limits of public information: pricing page (https://www.chainml.net/pricing) returns 404 and no public pricing plans, tiers, or free-trial details were identified on chainml.net (automated checks returned has_free_trial: false and no pricing models/plans detected). Direct public API documentation and public API pricing for the commercial Council Analytics offering were not found on chainml.net; the site points to the Council open-source project and council.dev for developer docs, but commercial pricing is not published. No explicit enterprise contact email or published sales/pricing PDF was found; the contact page contains a form and references GitHub. Primary pages inspected: homepage, pricing (404), use cases archive, council archive, council.dev docs, GitHub repo, contact, about, blog, and privacy. Recommendations and next steps provided: contact ChainML via contact form or enterprise outreach for pricing/commercial terms; use GitHub and council.dev for developer access and hands-on testing (pip install council-ai); join community channels (Discord referenced) for developer support and roadmap questions; request formal price lists/SLAs from sales including enterprise support and deployment/security details if needed. The above description is based on public information available from the referenced pages and explicit checks; no unverifiable claims or fabricated data are included.
Key Features
Theoriq (announced)
Modular, composable AI Agent "base layer" announced on the homepage; details are promotional on site but specific public technical docs were not found.
Council (Open-Source Framework)
Open-source framework for production-grade AI agents (Python, planned Rust), provider-agnostic, with governance constructs, monitoring, and packaging/deployment tooling.
Council Analytics (Commercial)
Commercial "talk-to-data" API/platform for conversational analytics referenced on the site; public commercial API pricing/docs were not published on chainml.net.
AI Agent Protocol (Web3)
Web3-enabled execution/utilization layer described to enable micropayments and account-abstraction economics for agents; positioned as a decentralized counterpart to a GPTs Store.
Governance and Monitoring
Built-in governance tools (Controllers, Filters, Evaluators, Budgets), usage tracking, token/cost monitoring, retry logic, and quality-control tooling for production deployments.
Integrations and Deployment
Packaging and deployment tooling with integrations referenced (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex); site signals enterprise deployment focus.
Who Can Use This Tool?
- developers:Evaluate and run the open-source Council framework locally, integrate with LLM providers and local models, and extend agent tooling.
- enterprises:Deploy production-grade AI agents with governance, monitoring, budget controls, and request enterprise pricing/SLAs via sales outreach.
- researchers:Experiment with modular agent architectures, Web3-enabled agent economics, and agent evaluation/governance tooling described by ChainML.
Pricing Plans
Pricing information is not available yet.
Pros & Cons
✓ Pros
- ✓Active open-source project with docs and install instructions (pip install council-ai).
- ✓Provider-agnostic framework design supporting multiple LLM providers and local models.
- ✓Built-in governance, monitoring, and cost-control tooling described for production deployments.
- ✓Offers both open-source framework (Council) and a referenced commercial product (Council Analytics).
- ✓Leadership and team listed publicly; site signals hiring and R&D focus.
✗ Cons
- ✗No public pricing plans or tiers found; /pricing page returns 404 and commercial pricing for Council Analytics is not published on chainml.net.
- ✗No explicit enterprise contact email or published sales/pricing PDF discovered; contact is via form and GitHub references.
- ✗Public technical/commercial details for Theoriq and the Web3 Agent Protocol are limited on public site pages.
- ✗Direct public API docs and published commercial API pricing for Council Analytics were not available on chainml.net.
