We built Circles because everyone deserves somewhere to be heard. Joining a support group takes trust, and joining one facilitated by AI takes more. So here is exactly how this works, in plain language, with the full documents at the bottom of the page.

Note: If you are in immediate danger, experiencing a crisis, or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 in the U.S. or contact your local emergency services. Circles is a peer-support platform, not a crisis or emergency service, and cannot provide immediate intervention or dispatch emergency assistance. Please seek help from a qualified crisis professional or emergency responder who can support you right away.

Trust and privacy at Circles

What Circles is

Circles is a peer-support space where small groups of people going through similar experiences can talk openly and support one another. An AI facilitator helps guide the conversation, maintain a helpful pace, and make space for everyone to be heard.

Circles can offer connection, shared understanding, and structured support, but it is not therapy or medical care, and the AI facilitator is not a licensed clinician. Many members use Circles alongside professional support.

You decide how much of you is in the room

We ask for your name when you set up your account, because we need it for your account and your billing. The name other members see is a completely separate thing, and it is yours to choose. Most people use a nickname. We think that is a good idea.

Nobody in your group sees your email, your account details, or anything you have not chosen to share.

How much you say is also yours to decide. You can talk, or you can listen. Listening is a real way to be in a Circle, and a lot of people start there.

What you say in a Circle stays in the Circle

What you share in a session is not published anywhere, is not shown to members outside that session, and is never made public.

How the AI actually works

Circles runs on AI, so there is technology behind every session. Your voice and messages go to the partners that make that possible: they generate the facilitator's responses, turn speech into text, produce the voice you hear, and carry the live audio. Today that includes OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, ElevenLabs, Cartesia, Google, and Agora. They are allowed to use your data for one thing only, which is running Circles for us. Not their own products. Not advertising. Nothing else.