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VECTOR · live session Listening

Coaches you while you talk

Not a chatbot. A quiet co-pilot locked to your side of the argument.

Instant rebuttals

The second your opponent finishes, you get one or two sentences you can say out loud — no scrolling, no reading a wall of text.

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Traps & fallacies

Spots burden-shifting, false dilemmas, moving goalposts and named fallacies so you never walk into the bait.

Live fact-check

Checks the claim against the web in the background — and still keeps you defending your position when a fact is technically true.

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Always on your side

Side-locked advocacy: it never tells you to concede. It finds the strongest defensible read of whatever you're arguing.

One topic, locked in

You state the resolution and your side before you start, so Vector never drifts or answers the wrong debate. New topic? One click resets it clean.

Built for the moment

~60ms to a first draft. Research runs separately so nothing ever slows down the thing you say next.

Built for the speed of a real argument

Research runs in the background so the thing you say next is never waiting on the internet.

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to a first draft rebuttal after your opponent finishes
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silence detection — Vector knows when a point ends
0 models
Cora, Valen, Vector — matched to how hard you debate
0 sources
cited on every live fact-check, verified on the web

One coach. Three minds.

Every tier runs a different AI — quick, sharper, or flagship. Start free, climb when the debates get real.

Cora
Fast model · 400 rebuttals / mo
$6/mo

Everyday debates, getting sharp fast.

Get Cora
  • Live rebuttals while you talk
  • Traps & fallacies called in real time
  • Unlimited debates
  • Scorecard after every debate
  • Growth tracking over time
Flagship
Vector
Claude Opus 5 · 4,000 / mo
$19/mo

Debate to win. Every single time.

Get Vector
  • Everything in Valen
  • Earpiece mode — Vector speaks the rebuttal to you, hands-free
  • Fastest tier — front of the queue
  • Claude Opus 5 — our most capable coach
  • Unlimited opponent profiles
  • Clip export — share the moment you won
  • Early access to every new model

Free forever: 20 live rebuttals a day, no card needed. Cancel any paid plan anytime. Full comparison →

Most people don't lose arguments because they're wrong. They lose because the right sentence arrives ten minutes late — in the car, in the shower, at 2am. LensByNEAR exists to close that gap.

Why we built it

Every other AI tool assumes you can stop and type. A live argument gives you no such pause. So we built for the one constraint that actually matters — the four seconds after your opponent stops talking.

What we won't do

Vector is locked to your side, but never to a lie. It will not invent a statistic, a source, or a fallacy to hand you a win. If the other person is simply right, it tells you — and finds you the strongest honest angle instead.

Where it's going

The long game isn't faster answers, it's memory: a coach that knows how you argue, how your opponents argue, and what beat you last time. Every debate you run makes the next one sharper.

NEARThe team behind getnear.app
2026Building in the open
Audio never storedTranscribed, then discarded

Questions, answered

How does Vector know who's talking?
You stay in control: hold Q (or the Opponent button on your phone) while the other person talks, and tap any transcript line to fix a mislabel. No unreliable auto-guessing.
Will it make things up to win?
No. Vector is side-locked to you, but honesty-locked too — it never invents statistics, sources, or fallacies. If your opponent is simply right, the fact-check says so and Vector finds you the strongest honest angle instead.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes — the debate room is built like an app: bottom tabs, big controls, one hand. Keep the screen on while listening; browsers pause microphones in background tabs.
What's opponent intel?
Paste a YouTube video or channel (or a TikTok/Instagram link) and Vector reads the transcripts, researches the person, and builds a dossier — their positions, style, likely arguments, and real quotes.
Is my audio stored?
No. Audio is transcribed and discarded. Your debates are saved as text to your account so they follow you across devices, and you can delete them anytime.
What do the tiers actually change?
Each tier runs a different AI. Cora is fast and capable, Valen reasons deeper and unlocks opponent intel, Vector is the flagship with unlimited intel, opponent profiles, and priority speed.

Never lose a debate again

Set your topic, pick your side, and let Lens do the fast thinking.