What is a shared AI chat?
A shared AI chat is one conversation with one AI agent that several people use together. Everyone sees the same messages and the same work, anyone can add to it, and the AI keeps the whole group's context instead of one person's.
It's also called multiplayer AI, an AI group chat or a collaborative AI chat. The idea is the same as a shared document: instead of each person working with a private copy and pasting results around, everyone works in one place.
Solo AI chat vs shared AI chat
| Solo AI chat | Shared AI chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Who sees the work | Only you. Others see what you paste to them. | Everyone in the chat, as it happens. |
| Who can steer the AI | Only you. | Anyone in the chat, with their name on each message. |
| What the AI knows | What you told it. | What everyone told it, in one thread. |
| When someone else takes over | You re-explain from the start, or forward a transcript. | They join the same chat and carry on. |
| Record of decisions | Buried in one person's history. | In the chat everyone can read back. |
How it works in Togedah
- Start a chat. It works like the AI chat you already use, and every chat starts as yours.
- Share it. Add people. Each message shows who sent it, and everyone sees the agent search, write and make files live.
- Hand it on. Give people write access to message the agent directly, or read access to suggest. One person leads and settles clashes, so the agent never gets two opposite orders; the lead can pass mid-task, and the next person gets a short brief of what's done and what's still open.
Togedah also keeps a record of what the agent chose or assumed, who asked for it and why, so anyone can check a decision later.
When a shared AI chat helps
- Small teams that want one AI everyone can see and correct, instead of five private ones.
- Friends planning a trip, where everyone's dates, budget and wishes need to land in one plan.
- Families organising an event, from a wedding to an anniversary dinner.
- Students on a group project, so the work and the AI's help are shared fairly.
It isn't always the right tool. For a quick private question, a solo chat is simpler, and Togedah works that way too: a chat stays yours until you add someone.
Try a shared AI chat with your own people: Request access. It's free during the beta.