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The thinking partner for your next move.

Ara II helps you take control of the moments that shape what you build, how you work, and how you live. By your own standards.

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Built on 10,000+ hours of coaching with professionals at

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Meet Ara II

A private coach, redesigned.
Instant, unlimited, built around you.

From day one, Ara II helps you map your values and build a personal system around them. From there, it coaches from your real life, helping you see what is driving your choices, interrupt the patterns that keep taking over, and make the shift in the moments that matter.

Based on closed beta cohort data.

Who this is for

Built for some people.
Not for everyone.

This is not you
  • You want ChatGPT to nod at what you already think.
  • You'd rather meet expectations than live by your own standards.
  • You're looking for hacks instead of real work.
  • You want change, but won't make time for the work.
  • You're in a clinical crisis. Please work with a licensed clinician.
This is you

You want to face what is true, be challenged on it, and own the choices that shape your work, life, and future.

What to expect.

Work and live by your own standards.

Ara II is not another chat window. It is a personal coaching system that helps you clarify the standards you want to live by, stay aligned in real life, and get coached through the moments where your old patterns take over.

Foundation

Build your foundation.

Discover your values and turn them into a personal operating system that helps you stay close to who you want to be while you build, work, and live.

  • Values mapped from real moments in your life.
  • Insight into the patterns that shape your choices.
  • A system that shows what to prioritise, protect, or change.
Integrity
Mastery
Connection
Beauty
Adventure
Calm

Early signal

You tend to check what others think before you decide what's true.

Rhythm

Stay aligned in real life.

Use your personal operating system to see what is working, where you are drifting, and what to prioritise as your work and life keep changing.

  • A clear view of alignment and drift.
  • Insight into what is pulling you off course.
  • Commitments that help you act on your values.

Active principles

This month

  • My word is the contract.8.4
  • Presence beats performance.7.2
  • Hard truths over polite hedges.6.1

Direction

Have a coach when it matters most.

Check in when the decision is live, the pressure is high, or the pattern is taking over, and work through the moment with a coach that already understands your values, patterns, and history.

  • World-class coaching, available 24/7.
  • A space to be fully honest, without judgment.
  • Coaching that gets sharper with every conversation.
I keep avoiding the hard conversations with my co-founder.
What's underneath the avoidance?
I'm afraid he'll make it about me again.
And if he does?
I'll know where I actually stand. I can move.

Just committed

Weekly check-in on Fridays.

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Ready when you are

Discover what drives you. For free.

Start by exploring the values underneath both your peak experiences and the moments that have challenged you in your professional life, guided by Digital Jord.

  • Define the standards in your professional life.
  • See the patterns driving how you currently build, lead, and live
  • Leave with clear downloadable insights
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The coach behind the system

Meet the “real” Jord.

Portrait of Jord Cuiper, executive coach and founder of Ara IIBuilt it. Lost it. Rebuilt everything.

“I committed to designing a way of operating that holds ambition and life within the same system.”

Jord Cuiper, founder.

At 24, Jord founded a tech company and scaled it past seven figures. Four years later, a near-fatal health crisis forced him to step down as CEO and rebuild from the ground up.

He spent the next decade studying what he wished he'd had then, training under leading experts in psychology and human performance in the West, Eastern philosophy in Asia, and deep personal work in the Amazon. All of it pressure-tested through 10,000 hours of real coaching, and turned into a practice grounded in behavioural science, ACT, and lived experience.

Today he runs an executive practice from Cape Town with clients at Google, McKinsey, Adyen, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Salesforce, working with them at the defining moments where their lives are actually decided.

Ara II is that practice turned into a system anyone can run.

10,000+Hours
500+Leaders
20+Countries
Testimonials

What members say.

We asked what changed. These are the answers.

Portrait of Berend R., Ara II memberA sparring partner that knows me

If you want a coach who already knows you, available the moment you need them, for the price of a single hour with a senior coach per month, this is the product. Having those quick touchpoints to sense-check everyday challenges against my operating principles is the best kind of reality check I could ask for.

Berend R., Director of GTM & Ecosystem Partnerships

Portrait of Tobias S., Ara II memberSeen clearly

Using Ara II felt like seeing my operating system exposed in front of me. The scary part was how accurate it was. It showed me patterns I already felt deep down, but never saw reflected back this clearly and objectively before.

Tobias S., Owner & Brand Director

Portrait of Isabel W., Ara II memberAn anchor in transition

Ara II helped me uncover, articulate and prioritise my values, which now run through both my professional and personal life. That clarity became an anchor during a significant period of transition, helping me understand not just what decisions to make, but why certain choices resonated and others didn’t.

Isabel W., Sustainability Consultant

Portrait of Mitchell V., Ara II memberFound the leak

It helped me quickly identify a major energy leak, uncover where it was coming from, understand the internal mechanism sustaining it, and make a direct change to resolve it. It has also been an excellent sparring partner, offering thoughtful and uniquely unbiased perspectives.

Mitchell V., Founder

Portrait of Gary B. with his daughter Lila, Ara II memberTime for what matters

Between being a husband, father, and entrepreneur, life often felt chaotic. Working with Ara II has given me the clarity, direction, and focus to cut through the noise and make more time for the most important person in my life: my daughter, Lila.

Gary B., Commercial Director

How it works

What's inside Ara II.

Five parts working together. Genesis is the one-time session that builds your personal map. Pulse and Sync are the recurring monthly and weekly check-ins. Digital Jord is the thinking partner that's always available, and the pattern engine runs underneath, getting sharper every week.

01FoundationOne time. 2 to 4 hours.
One time · 2 to 4 hours

Your personal map. We call it Genesis.

An interactive session that turns your stories into a map of your values, and the patterns and dynamics shaping how you operate. You walk away with an operating system built around your values, language for things you've felt for years, and a foundation everything else runs on.

02Recurring rhythmEvery month and week.loops
Monthly · 30 to 60 minutes

Stay aligned with Pulse.

A monthly integrity check against the values you set. Based on your score and what's happening in your life, you choose your focus for the weeks ahead and the commitments that go with it.

Weekly · 10 to 20 minutes

Close the knowing-doing gap with Sync.

A short weekly check-in on your commitments. Mark what held, adjust what didn't, and add anything new to move closer to your values and goals.

03Always on, underneathRun in the background of everything above.
Anytime

Your thinking partner, Digital Jord.

Coaching available the moment you need it. Informed by your context, your map, and your patterns, ready to help you navigate what's next.

Background

Patterns named. The Pattern engine.

The intelligence layer that tracks what shifts week over week, surfaces patterns before they shape your year, and learns you a little deeper with every conversation.

Pricing

Start free.
Continue when it makes sense.

Begin by discovering your values and the patterns shaping your professional life. If useful, continue into Genesis to build your full value operating system, with your first two months of unlimited coaching with Digital Jord included.

Genesis · Free trial
€0

Discover your values and the patterns shaping your professional life.

No card required. Continue on your own terms.

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What's included
  • Values discovery
  • Professional-life reflection
  • First pattern insight
  • No card required
Genesis · One-time
€399VAT included

Introductory price, increasing as we onboard more members. Local currency shown at checkout.

Comparable foundational work with an executive coach typically runs €3,000 to €8,000.

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What's included
  • Your full Value Operating System
  • Deep pattern analysis across domains
  • 2 months with the full system
  • Unlimited coaching with Digital Jord
  • Continue on your own terms
How it compares

How Ara II compares.

The depth of an executive coach, available whenever you need it, at a fraction of the price.

Honest pushback
Ara II
Pushes back, and challenges the story you tell yourself.
Executive coaching
Yes, a good coach challenges you.
Generic AI chat
Agrees with you, by design.
Online course
It can only talk at you.
Knows your context
Ara II
Maps your values and patterns, and remembers every conversation.
Executive coaching
Knows you, but only what surfaces in the hour.
Generic AI chat
Remembers details you share, not your values or patterns.
Online course
Knows nothing about you.
The outcome
Ara II
Understands the real problem first, then a decision made against your own values.
Executive coaching
Room to reach your own answer.
Generic AI chat
Jumps to generic tactics before it understands the problem.
Online course
Theory to apply on your own.
Speed and range
Ara II
Instant, focused on your decisions, values and patterns.
Executive coaching
Focused on you.
Generic AI chat
Fast, and handles almost any task.
Online course
Fixed to its syllabus.
When you can use it
Ara II
Any time, day or night.
Executive coaching
Booked sessions, often weeks apart.
Generic AI chat
Any time, day or night.
Online course
Any time, on your own.
What it costs
Ara II
€399 once for Genesis, then €89 / month
Executive coaching
€3,000+ per engagement (~€250 / hour)
Generic AI chat
~€20 / month
Online course
€200 to €2,000

Coaching figures are typical market rates: the ICF puts the average external coaching fee around €250 per hour, rising to €300 to €800 for senior-level work, with multi-month programs commonly running €3,000 to €15,000. AI-chat and course prices vary by provider.

How it's built

Built like a real coaching practice.

Designed around the methodology Jord has refined over 10,000 hours of coaching work. The same practice, in software you can run daily.

01

Curated context, tuned prompts.

Every conversation grounded in your Genesis map: your values, capacity, patterns, current focus. Every prompt co-authored by Jord and refined against thousands of real coaching sessions. The system shifts coaching modes to fit the moment you are in.

02

Proven in practice.

Built on 10,000+ hours of coaching across 500+ leaders in 20 countries. Grounded in ACT, NARM, NLP, and behavioural science. Validated through a closed beta whose words sit further up this page.

03

Yours, kept private.

Your map is your property. We don't train on your conversations, we cannot read your messages, and we don't sell your data. One click in settings removes your account, your map, and every message you have sent.

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Get a second opinion

Still wondering if Ara II is right for you?

Let ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity read the site and tell you in plain language what Ara II actually is and whether it fits the way you work.

Each button opens that AI in a new tab with a structured analysis prompt preloaded. You hit send.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

We believe Ara II will wow you. Not convinced, or still have questions? Reach out and we'll help: hi@ara2.ai.

How is this different from ChatGPT?
A general AI starts cold every time. Ara II starts from your Genesis map: your values, the patterns Jord has seen in your work, what matters this month. Every conversation runs on top of that map and updates it. The prompts were co-authored with Jord and refined against thousands of real coaching sessions, grounded in ACT and behavioural science. The more you use Ara II, the sharper its read of you becomes.
Ready when you are

Discover what drives you. For free.

Start by exploring the values underneath both your peak experiences and the moments that have challenged you in your professional life, guided by Digital Jord.

  • Define the standards in your professional life.
  • See the patterns driving how you currently build, lead, and live
  • Leave with clear downloadable insights
Start for free