Proof, not projections.
What's actually happening at SuperDebate. Live league. International championship. A leadership team and four signed advisors. AI topic of the year. Open pre-seed on standard SAFE.
A live league, not a deck
Live competitive debate already runs in multiple cities. The format is locked, the rounds are recorded, and the room shows up.
An international championship
SuperDebate hosted an international tournament with competitors from seven countries. Cross-border. Cross-format. Real.
A 250+ person community
Chicago is the home market: an active community of 250+. The first community-run event already shipped without the founder present.
AI as the topic of the year
Nine questions. Every town. All year. AI is the announced topic of 2026 and the framework for every debate, club, and content piece this year.
A complete playbook
The Debate Guide is published. The chapter playbook is documented from real Chicago experience. New ambassadors get the full kit on Day 1.
A platform that works
superdebate.org runs end-to-end: events, ticketing, video rooms, judge ballots, brackets, recaps. Founder Arena is live. The product is not the bottleneck.
A national league, opening city by city.
Chicago, Portland, Boston, Austin, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington: each with named warm contacts and an opening move from the operating plan. Pages for the next 100 US cities are already indexed.
See open cities- Chicago, IL · home market
- Portland, OR · recurring rhythm
- Boston, MA · investor + anchor
- Austin, TX · UT alumni network
- New York, NY · highest density
- Atlanta, GA · Emory AUDL
- San Francisco · tech + law alumni
- Washington, DC · policy alumni
The leadership and advisor bench
Founder and CEO of Esposito Intellectual Enterprises: 110+ entities across 25+ industries. Leads capital strategy, partnerships, and expansion relationships.
LinkedIn →SVP of Partnerships and Events at Real American Beer. Former partnership lead at Yaymaker and Groupon. Attaches national consumer brands to live experiences.
LinkedIn →National champion debater and elite coach. Founder of Authentalk, COO of ModernBrain. Designs the formats and judging that make rounds fair.
LinkedIn →Championship debate coach and co-founder of DebaterHub. Builds AI-supported debate training used by students, coaches, and institutions.
LinkedIn →VP of Cult Indoctrination at Liquid Death through its run to a billion-dollar cult brand. 20+ years building movements at Red Bull and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
LinkedIn →$500K SAFE round.
Adults pay to compete. Tough Mudder, CrossFit, and bar trivia all proved it. Toastmasters grew to roughly 13,800 clubs and 265,000 members on speaking clubs alone. Nobody has done either for live intellectual competition. We are.
See it live.
The next debate night ships this month. Come to the room. Or lock in founding status before the wall fills up.