APEX — Corporate training through debate on ELBO

APEX is ELBO's corporate sub-universe, dedicated to training professionals in strategic communication skills: negotiation, pitching, leadership, interviews, and difficult conversations. APEX combines simulations with adaptive AI, personalized coaching, and rubric-based assessments to let executives, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and HR professionals practice in a risk-free environment before facing real situations.

APEX training modes

APEX offers ten individual training modes against an AI that plays a role: strategic debate (the AI challenges your position), negotiation simulation (budget, target price, BATNA), pitch in front of an AI panel, difficult conversation (the AI plays the employee), interview with an AI recruiter (situation-action-result grid), speed networking with an AI contact, moot court (the AI argues opposite you, then questions you as judge), press conference (AI journalist, adjustable hostility), table topics improv, and leadership training. Each session generates a report with a score out of 20 that the manager validates; optional timer on every mode.

Organizational structure

APEX uses a Company → Team → Session hierarchy. The company creates its organization, invites its teams, and each training session is configurable: AI persona, objective, evaluation grid, and difficulty. Results feed into each participant's ECHO profile and allow the HR department to track soft skills progression.

Personalized AI Coaching

At the end of each simulation, APEX provides detailed feedback identifying the participant's strengths and areas for improvement. Coaching covers persuasion, clarity, stress management, active listening, argument structure, and audience adaptation. These skills accumulate in the ECHO profile as verifiable proof of professional abilities.

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Prepare your teams for the conversations that matter.

Train your teams with a continuous, gamified, and measurable practice platform. Negotiation, pitching, leadership — level up like an athlete.

9 training modesAdaptive AI coachingTeam dashboardProgress report per employee

No sales pitches. Just a single follow-up.

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APEX in action

A complete negotiation session in 45 seconds: from choosing the mode to the skills profile.

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Problems APEX solves

High-stakes communication skills aren't learned from a manual — they're practiced.

🗣️Communication

✕ Fear of speaking up in meetings

✓ Individual training against a role-playing AI, report after every session

🤝Negotiation

✕ Unprepared negotiations

✓ Configured simulations: budget, target price, BATNA

👔Leadership

✕ Difficult conversations avoided

✓ Adaptive AI simulations: reprimand, difficult announcement, feedback

🎯Career

✕ Interviews botched by stress

✓ Simulated interview with an AI recruiter, situation-action-result grid

💡Pitch

✕ Ineffective elevator pitch

✓ Questioning AI jury, optional timer, persuasion grid out of 20

9 training modes

From negotiation to pitching, through interviews and crisis management. Each mode: an AI in role, a report with a grid out of 20, manager follow-up.

🎯

Strategic Debate

FOR/AGAINST against a challenging AI, classic or timed blitz format.

🤝

Negotiation Simulation

Buyer vs AI seller, financial parameters: budget, target, BATNA.

🎤

Pitch / Presentation

Demanding AI jury, optional timer, persuasion grid.

💬

Difficult Conversation

HR scenarios: the AI plays the employee and reacts to your tone.

🧠

Mock Interview

AI recruiter tailored to the role, situation-action-result grid.

⚡

Speed Networking

AI contact: introduction, open questions, follow-up; optional timer.

🏛️

Moot Court

Mock trial: the AI argues opposite you, then questions you as judge.

📢

Press Conference

AI journalist who pushes back, adjustable hostility, optional timer.

🎲

Table Topics (Improv)

Surprise topic, quick response, optional timer; the AI keeps the conversation going and evaluates.

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APEX Certification → ECHO

Every simulation, every negotiation, every pitch — it all goes into your ECHO. Employers see your negotiation score, your leadership badges, your performance history.

"Certified APEX Negotiator Level 3" — recognized by employers.

Pricing

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Individual

29,99 $ CA/month

  • All 9 training modes
  • 20 AI voice sessions/month (beyond that: browser voice, higher plan available on request)
  • 200 text sessions/month
  • Badges + ECHO Pro
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Team (5-49)

15 $ CA/user/month

  • 6 AI voice sessions/month per person
  • 100 text sessions/month per person
  • Manager dashboard
  • Custom scenarios
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Enterprise (50+)

12 $ CA/user/month

  • 6 AI voice sessions/month per person
  • Deployment support
  • Advanced reporting
  • Verifiable official badges
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Ready to reach the summit?

Train your teams with the power of debate: one-on-one practice against a role-playing AI, a scored report after every session, and manager tracking.

No sales pitches. Just a single follow-up.