Think you've got what it takes? Pitch your startup to a panel of ruthless AI investors and find out.

PitchSlapped drops you into a high-pressure Shark Tank-style pitch room where three AI investor personas — James, Vidya, and Layla — grill you on your startup idea in real time. After your pitch, you receive an AI-generated report scoring your performance across five key dimensions.

Built at HackDavis 2026.

• Live AI Investor Panel — Three distinct investor personas with unique voices and personalities powered by ElevenLabs Conversational AI
• Real-Time Audio-Visual Sync — Character-level alignment synchronizes judge avatar highlights with audio playback at millisecond precision
• AI Pitch Analysis — Post-pitch scoring across Clarity, Persuasion, Market Knowledge, Confidence, and Financials using Google Gemini
• Immersive UI — Dark Shark Tank aesthetic with spotlight animations, concentric ring effects on active speakers, and color-coded live transcripts

User speaks into mic
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ElevenLabs Conversational AI (WebSocket)
  - 3 investor personas with distinct voice IDs
  - Real-time streaming audio + alignment data
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React Frontend (PitchRoom)
  - Parses speaker tags (<James>, <Vidya>, <Layla>)
  - Builds character-level alignment timeline
  - Syncs judge avatar highlights with audio playback
  - Captures full transcript
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Express Backend (/analyze-pitch)
  - Sends transcript to Gemini 2.0 Flash
  - Returns structured scores + feedback
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React Frontend (PitchReport)
  - Displays conic-gradient score chart
  - Shows verdict, strengths, improvements

• Node.js 18+
• ElevenLabs API key + configured Conversational AI agent
• Google Gemini API key

git clone https://github.com/blanklavender/pitch-slapped.git
cd pitch-slapped
npm install

Create a .env file in the project root:

ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=your_elevenlabs_api_key
ELEVENLABS_AGENT_ID=your_agent_id
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key

Start the backend and frontend:

# Terminal 1 - Backend
node server/index.js

# Terminal 2 - Frontend
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:5173 in your browser.

1. Prep Room — Read the rules and mentally prepare your pitch
2. Pitch Room — Deliver your pitch live to three AI investors who interrupt with tough questions
3. Pitch Report — Receive your AI-generated scorecard with detailed feedback

Built with no sleep and lots of determination at HackDavis 2026.

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