The people building DebateIt.
A small team of debaters and builders shipping straight to production, most days more than once. Started solo in 2024; six people now.
Aidan Hollinger-Miles
Built the product end to end: the formats, the judge, the live rooms, the data loop. National APDA Pro-Ams champion (2025). Started debating in middle school and never stopped. UChicago.
Adam Pahlavan
Engineer with a Meta and Nvidia background. Previously ran an ed-tech service. Owns infrastructure, reliability, and cost per round.
Mukudzeiishe Madzivire
Captained Zimbabwe at Worlds. Coaches Ethiopia's national team. Champion debater. Owns format accuracy and judge quality. Columbia.
Max Hurowitz
Runs growth and marketing.
Karthik
Runs DebateIt's social channels.
Clara
Runs DebateIt's communications.
Debate somewhere we don't?
Scaling this takes ambassadors: debaters and coaches who carry it onto their own circuits. We're hiring the founding class now: 30 paid seats for the 2026-27 season, on your own circuit.