How do I choose how smart an AI bot is?
You choose how smart an XVA bot is by setting its level to Fast, Standard, Premium or Frontier, or by picking an exact model from the list XVA shows.
What is a level?
The home page FAQ answers this. Each bot runs at one of four levels: Fast, Standard, Premium or Frontier. Higher levels use more capable AI models and cost more credits per message. You can also pick an exact model from a list.
Standard is the default for a new bot. The site does not name the companies or the model ids behind a level. ai.txt says not to invent those names. This page does not.
What is each level for?
The home page gives a relative line for each, not a dollar price. Fast is for quick replies, short rewrites and simple questions. Standard is for everyday writing, email and summaries. Premium is for harder reasoning, long documents and careful writing. Frontier is for the hardest problems, always opt-in, with an estimate and a cap you confirm.
The pricing page says credit rates for each level will be published there before XVA opens. Until that page shows a rate, this guide has no rate to copy.
Can I pick an exact model?
How it works says yes. The list shows a plain 'good for' line and a relative cost, never a dollar price. Picking from that list is still inside XVA. It is not a promise that every model sold anywhere else appears on it.
The full privacy policy, which the same page says will be published before XVA opens, is where each provider and its retention will be named. That policy is not on the site today. The privacy notice that is live covers the waitlist only.
Can I change level in the middle of a chat?
How it works says you can switch a conversation to a different level to compare answers, and the estimate updates before you send. Frontier, and any message that uses a tool, shows a hard cap and asks you to confirm.
Long conversations cost more, because the whole conversation goes with each new message. XVA tells you when a chat is getting long and offers to start fresh or summarize. That warning is part of the plan. It is not a measured savings figure.