ELBO

ELBO is a live debate platform built solo from Quebec that's about to make arguing with strangers feel like a sport. You jump into audio or video duels against real people or the AI, the audience votes in real-time, and whoever wins walks away with XP, climbs 99 levels, unlocks items, and redeems points for gift cards. It handles French and English, comes with a 24/7 AI arena, a training mode, and AI moderation that keeps things from turning into a dumpster fire. Eleven AI integrations keeping things running.

But here's where it gets interesting—they're not just building a debate app. They've split into three worlds: NOVA brings structured debate to CEGEPs and universities with grading rubrics and recording for pedagogy, APEX trains corporate pros on negotiation and pitch skills through simulated scenarios with personalized AI coaching, and VOIX lets municipalities and governments run civic consultations through structured debates. They're essentially building debate infrastructure for education, business, and democracy—all in one app.

The killer move? They're redistributing 50 percent of weekly revenue to active creators starting September 2026. That's not a typical creator fund kicker—this is straight profit sharing. The gamification hooks people, the profit-sharing hooks creators, and the three vertical-specific modules make it actually useful beyond just screaming into the void.

Built from Quebec, 11 AI integrations, currently in beta, and they're just getting started.