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 debate-judge ballot at the end. It's in early beta and the room is still small — that's why I'm seeding it with the schools that train the world's most adversarial thinkers. I want every UWC in the first design-partner cohort. One slot per school. Eighteen schools, eighteen slots.

Schedule a 30-min call → See a round

01 · The 18 slots

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

The first cohort is capped at one school per UWC. 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 up the programming directly. 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. Every wedge stacks.

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.

IB-trained arguers, by default

Theory of Knowledge is the only high-school class on the planet that forces students to construct, defend, and concede positions as the entire grading rubric. UWC students enter debate with the muscle already built.

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 in the world large enough to actually pressure-test that across Hindi, Mandarin, Spanish, French, Arabic, German, and English in the same week.

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.

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 Aidan, UWC-USA Class of 2024, currently a sophomore at the University of Chicago studying philosophy and business economics. At Montezuma I debated, ran the speech program, and basically 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 always partners. There were nights where one student wanted to drill a PF case and the other three available kids ran LD, Worlds, and parli respectively, so the four of them ended up watching one round instead of running four. We were a UWC. Most schools are way worse off.

I built DebateIt to fix 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 who were genuinely trying to beat me. The AI does that on demand, around your schedule, in your format.

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

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.

Claim your UWC's slot → See a round first

07 · FAQ

What advisors actually ask.

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

I'm Aidan, UWC-USA Class of 2024, currently at UChicago, four-year parliamentary debater and a national champion. I built DebateIt solo over the last several months. The UWC offer is genuinely about getting the product into the hands of the population that benefits from it most: multilingual, IB-trained, already debating. I want your feedback. That's the entire 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 that an advisor can review. The thing it imitates is a live opponent. 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 it doesn't pencil, 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.

The design-partner cohort is not the endgame. Once every UWC is practicing on the same platform, something that has never existed becomes possible: a real all-UWC tournament. 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 the activity where cross-cultural reasoning is the entire point, and also the one where travel budgets kill the most opportunities. The first all-UWC tournament happens if there is a critical mass of UWCs already running practice through DebateIt. The design-partner cohort is how we get there.