People first
The central loop is person against person, with an audience, replays, and a public ladder. AI supports the round as judge and fallback opponent.
Press and media
Debatable is where people argue it out live.
Debatable is a voice-first social platform for live, structured argument. People can match with someone else, take opposite sides of a motion, speak under a clock, and receive a scored ballot from an AI judge.
Facts verified August 27, 2026
Public nameDebatable
Canonical siteitsdebatable.com
Founded2026
CategorySocial platform
The short version
Debatable is a live arena for spoken argument, open to anyone who wants to argue something out. Its human rounds pair two people on video around one motion and a shared clock. Its AI judge returns a decision, speaker points, and a reason for decision. Optional AI opponents let someone run a round when another person is not available. Debatable supports casual arguments alongside established formats including Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, APDA, British Parliamentary, Asian Parliamentary, World Schools, Congress, and Model UN.
What makes it different
A ballot, not a vibe
The judge returns a winner, speaker points, the central clash, and a written reason for decision. Split panels remain unresolved instead of receiving a house tie-break.
Real format rules
Speech order, timing, points of information, evidence conventions, and judging criteria change with the selected format.
Published judge promises
The public judge integrity charter documents the rubric, model configuration, appeal rules, and the boundary between the operator and a result.
Founder
Aidan David Hollinger-Miles founded and independently builds Debatable. He has competed in American Parliamentary Debate Association tournaments for the University of Chicago. His public APDA record and LinkedIn profile verify the connection between the product and its builder.
Reporting paths
Can an AI judge be accountable?
The judge charter, immutable audit records, panel reliability, and human-only appeals turn an abstract AI ethics question into a system readers can inspect.
What replaces comment-thread arguments?
Debatable tests a social format where the motion, sides, clock, and verdict are shared before anyone speaks.
Why debate formats still matter online
APDA, BP, Policy, LD, and Worlds reward different kinds of argument. Debatable treats those differences as product behavior, not labels.
Argument data that records clash
The research corpus captures turn-by-turn arguments and judge outcomes from opt-in rounds, with raw voice audio excluded.
Official assets
Useful links
Media contact
For interviews, product access, fact checks, or a research-corpus conversation, email the founder directly.