Developers at Sentelabs have released Open Executive, an open-source AI system designed to act as a company’s virtual executive team. According to the GitHub repository, the tool provides what the developers describe as “a senior advisor with Harvard MBA-level knowledge, customized for your specific business.”
The system is built around an “Executive Orchestrator” that coordinates eight specialist AI agents, each focused on a specific executive function: Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR/People Officer, General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Product Officer, and Board Communications Director. According to the documentation, all responses come from a single consistent executive voice, with the internal agent architecture hidden from users.
The technical implementation uses Anthropic’s Claude API as the LLM backbone, with claude-sonnet-4-6 as the default model and claude-opus-4-7 for deeper reasoning tasks. The backend runs on Python 3.11 with FastAPI, while the frontend uses Next.js 15. Data storage relies on ChromaDB for vector operations and SQLite for episodic memory—the system’s ability to remember past decisions and initiatives across sessions.
Open Executive includes a knowledge retrieval system with two layers per specialist call: built-in MBA-level knowledge and uploaded company documents. The system maintains episodic memory by extracting key decisions and advice after each response, allowing the Executive to reference recommendations from previous sessions.
The tool supports multiple interfaces including a web UI, Slack, email, Telegram, Google Chat, Discord, and command-line access. Users can upload company documents such as pitch decks, financial models, and strategy docs, which the Executive references when relevant.
The project is released under the Apache 2.0 license and includes deployment configurations for Fly.io. According to the repository, the initial setup requires Python 3.11+ and Node 22+, with the first run taking several minutes due to dependency installation and embedding model downloads.
Key facts
- Open Executive coordinates eight AI specialist agents covering strategy, finance, HR, legal, operations, marketing, product, and board communications
- The system uses episodic memory stored in SQLite to retain decisions and advice across user sessions
- It supports multiple interfaces: web UI, Slack, email, Telegram, Google Chat, and Discord
- The tool is released under Apache 2.0 license and available on GitHub
- Users can upload company documents that the system references when providing advice
- The backend uses Anthropic’s Claude API with claude-sonnet-4-6 as the default model