For the 18 UWCs · Design-partner program

Free for every UWC. This year and next.

I'm a UWC-USA alum (Class of 2024) and I built an AI sparring partner for debaters. Pick a motion, pick a format (Worlds, BP, APDA, Asian Parli, PF, LD, Policy, Congress, MUN), and the AI takes the other side in a real timed round, with a judge ballot at the end. It's in early beta, so I'm seeding it UWC by UWC. I want every UWC in the first cohort.

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15
Formats with format-native voice and judging
Worlds, BP, APDA, Asian Parli, PF, LD, Policy, Congress, MUN, Viva, Karl Popper, and the career formats
18
UWCs invited to the first cohort
One design-partner slot per school
$0
For every UWC, this year and next
Design-partner pricing. No contract.
In short

Every UWC gets the full product free, this year and next. No contract.

One design-partner slot per school. Eighteen total.

In exchange: one call, one feedback note. That is the whole list.

Claiming the slot is one email.

01 · The 18 slots

One design-partner slot per UWC. Eighteen schools, eighteen slots.

Every UWC gets free Pro access for the entire academic year (and the year after), plus a 30-minute onboarding call where I help your debate or MUN advisor set it up. In exchange, your students get the product and we get feedback that shapes what gets built next.

UWC-USAMontezuma
UWC MaastrichtNetherlands
UWC AtlanticWales
UWC MahindraIndia
UWC AdriaticItaly
UWC Robert BoschGermany
UWC Red Cross NordicNorway
UWC PearsonCanada
UWCSEA DoverSingapore
UWCSEA EastSingapore
UWC ChangshuChina
UWC ISAKJapan
Li Po Chun UWCHong Kong
UWC ThailandThailand
UWC East AfricaTanzania
UWC Costa RicaCosta Rica
UWC DilijanArmenia
UWC MostarBosnia
02 · Why UWCs first

UWC students are the ideal user.

A tool that takes the opposing side in a debate works best for students who can already argue both sides instinctively, in more than one language, across more than one format. That's a working description of every UWC.

Read the four reasons
01

IB-trained arguers, by default

Theory of Knowledge is the only high-school class that grades students on constructing, defending, and conceding positions. UWC students enter debate with the skill already built.

02

Multilingual cohorts that stress-test the voice round

The AI voice round runs in 14 languages with localized accent. UWC students are the only debate population large enough to pressure-test that across Hindi, Mandarin, Spanish, French, Arabic, German, and English in the same week.

03

Already runs Worlds, MUN, or both

No UWC needs convincing that debate and MUN matter. Every campus already has a debate or MUN advisor, a competition calendar, and students who'd run an extra practice round at 11pm if a partner were available.

04

Closest to the real audience for argumentation

UWCs send graduates into law, policy, climate work, journalism, medicine, and global civil society. The professions where you argue for a living. Building for UWC students is building for the people who will use this skill the rest of their lives.

03 · Why I'm building this

I lived in the Old Stone Hotel commons figuring out how to run practice rounds with whichever five kids were free that night.

I'm a UWC-USA alum, Class of 2024, now a sophomore at the University of Chicago studying philosophy and business economics. At Montezuma I debated, ran the speech program, and lived in the Old Stone Hotel commons trying to make practice rounds happen with whatever five debaters were free that night.

The bottleneck was never motivation. It was partners. Some nights one student wanted to drill a PF case while the other three available kids ran LD, Worlds, and parli, so all four watched one round instead of running four. We were a UWC. Most schools have it worse.

I built Debatable for exactly that gap. It's the practice partner that's always available, always in your format, always pushing back honestly. The model that took me from struggling novice to national champion was running rounds against people genuinely trying to beat me. The AI does that on demand, around your schedule.

I'm giving every UWC free Pro access because UWCs gave me debate in the first place. That's the entire trade.

UWCs gave me debate in the first place. That is the entire trade.

04 · What's in the design-partner program

Everything Pro gets. Plus me, in your corner, for the year.

What your school gets

  • Free Pro access for every student and every advisor, this academic year and next
  • All 15 formats: Worlds, BP, APDA, Asian Parli, PF, LD, Policy, Congress, Karl Popper, MUN, Quick Clash, Viva, Courtroom, Negotiation, Pitch Defense
  • Six AI brains (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Open Lab) with per-task routing
  • Voice round in 14 languages over WebRTC, with format-accurate POIs and cross-ex
  • Structured RFD on every round: winner, speaker points, key clashes, drops, drill recommendations
  • Per-user style fingerprints that get sharper with every round a student runs
  • 30-minute onboarding call where I walk your advisor through the coach console
  • A four-week intro arc you can run as-is, or adapt to your competition calendar
  • Async support channel for whoever runs your program

What I'd ask in exchange

  • One 30-min advisor onboarding call. I run it, you confirm the time
  • One mid-year feedback note (15 min, written or voice). What's working, what isn't
  • Permission to credit your UWC in a "design-partner schools" list (opt-in, removable any time)
  • That's the whole list. No contract, no procurement cycle, no exclusivity
05 · How a UWC rollout actually works

From this email to running rounds in your debate room, about a week.

No procurement cycle, no IT integration, no LMS plug-in. The product runs in any browser. The rollout is whatever rhythm fits your existing debate or MUN block.

See the rollout steps
Step 01

30-min advisor call

I walk your debate or MUN advisor through the product end to end. Format selection, voice round, judging console, coach review of round transcripts.

Step 02

Week 1 with students

One in-session demo (15 min). Students run their first round in pairs against the AI. Advisor watches one round to see the loop.

Step 03

Weeks 2 to 4

Students run rounds as homework or in free blocks. Advisor reviews transcripts, picks one strong case and one weak case to discuss in the next session.

Step 04

Ongoing async

Students self-serve from then on. You ping me when something breaks, when your team wants a custom format, or when a tournament asks for novel motions.

06 · Pricing

Zero, for every UWC.

UWC Design-Partner Plan

$0 this year. $0 next year. No contract.

If your UWC is in the first cohort, the entire program is free for two academic years. After that we agree on what fair pricing looks like, or you walk and keep using the free tier. The thing being purchased here is feedback, not money.

07 · FAQ

What advisors actually ask.

Who built this and why are you giving it to us?

I'm a UWC-USA alum, Class of 2024, now at UChicago. I built Debatable solo. The offer is about getting the product to the population that benefits most: multilingual, IB-trained, already debating. I want your feedback. That's the trade.

Does this support MUN, not just competitive debate?

Yes. MUN is one of the fifteen formats, with crisis-aware turn structure, resolution-drafting support, and an AI delegate that takes the opposing bloc's position with policy-accurate reasoning. Most UWCs will get more value from the MUN side than the parli side; that's expected.

We already run a strong Worlds or Asian Parli program. Does this actually help our top debaters?

Stronger debaters benefit more, not less. The bottleneck for top teams is finding a sparring partner who can actually push back at their level. The AI doesn't get tired, doesn't have study-leave, and runs at whatever difficulty you set. Our highest-engagement users are competitive debaters drilling motions before tournaments.

What does "design partner" actually require?

One 30-min onboarding call with your advisor. One 15-minute mid-year feedback note. Optional permission to credit your UWC in our design-partner list. That's it. No exclusivity, no contract, no procurement cycle. You can walk any time.

Academic integrity. We have to ask.

The product is a practice partner, not a writing assistant. Students argue against the AI in real time, with timers, in their voice (typed or spoken). Every round generates a transcript an advisor can review. It imitates a live opponent, and no student has ever turned in a live opponent as homework.

What happens after the two free academic years?

We have a conversation about what fair pricing looks like for your school. If the numbers don't work for your school, you keep using the free tier (5 rounds per student per month) and we part on good terms. The design-partner offer locks in the free Pro window; it doesn't lock you into anything afterwards.

Data privacy. UWC students are under 18 and from a lot of jurisdictions.

We don't sell or share student data, ever. Round transcripts are visible to the student and the advisor. We don't train models on UWC student content without explicit per-school opt-in (off by default). Full privacy page at /privacy; happy to sign a school-specific DPA if your administration requires it.

08 · The bigger picture

The first inter-UWC tournament. All 18 schools. No travel budget required.

Once every UWC practices on the same platform, a real all-UWC tournament becomes possible. Eighteen schools, one season, hybrid AI and human judging, async qualifying rounds, a live championship. UWC Day in September would be the natural opening ceremony.

Stage 01

Async qualifying rounds

Each UWC runs an internal bracket on the platform. Sixteen rounds per campus, AI-judged, top eight pairs from each school advance. Runs over four weeks, no scheduling overhead, no travel.

Stage 02

Cross-UWC group stage

Schools paired across regions (UWC-USA vs UWC ISAK, Atlantic vs Mahindra, Pearson vs Costa Rica, and so on). Mixed-panel judging: two human judges from neutral UWCs, one AI panelist for consistency. Everything async over a fortnight.

Stage 03

Live final at one host UWC

Top four UWCs send a small delegation to a single host campus (rotates each year). Livestreamed to every other UWC simultaneously. Real trophy. Real bragging rights. The annual all-UWC moment the alumni network has been waiting for.

UWC was always meant to bring students together across borders. Debate is where cross-cultural reasoning is the entire point, and where travel budgets kill the most opportunities.

Eighteen schools. Eighteen slots. One tournament.

Send one email. Claim your UWC's slot.

A 30-minute call is the whole ask. Your students get the product the same day.

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