Practise the conversation before it costs you.
Catalyst is a private simulator for high-stakes engineering leadership moments — the scope pushback, the headcount defense, the two-minute exec update. Rehearse against an AI actor, get measurable telemetry, run one targeted drill, and watch your numbers move.
Not therapy. Not a personality test. Not emotion detection. Not employer surveillance.
Leadership is the part of engineering no one lets you rehearse.
You found out you were bad at the exec update — in the exec update.
Your hardest conversations get one take, with your career on the line.
“Be more strategic” is feedback you can’t practise.
Presence and decisiveness are judged constantly and coached almost never.
Five steps. Then repeat until it’s muscle memory.
- 01
Get a scenario
A high-stakes leadership moment matched to your level and weak signals.
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Run the role-play
One voice conversation with an AI scenario actor. No live score to perform for.
- 03
See the telemetry
Deterministic behavioral signals extracted from your finalized speech.
- 04
Read the report
Evidence-grounded — every number traces to a transcript moment.
- 05
Run one drill
A short targeted rep on your weakest signal. Then repeat, and watch it move.
Observable behavior, scored deterministically.
No LLM guesses your score. Signals are extracted from your finalized speech and run through fuzzy rules — every claim in your report traces back to a moment in the transcript.
Presence Index
How grounded and credible you sound under pressure — pacing, filler load, hedging, and the steadiness of your delivery.
Decisiveness Score
Whether you actually made a recommendation and committed to it — strong modals, clear asks, and resisting the urge to over-qualify.
Built for one person practising in private.
One human, one AI actor
No multi-speaker recording of real meetings. Ever.
No employer dashboard
Your scores are yours. There is no manager-facing view.
Delete cascades
Remove a session and its audio, transcript, telemetry, and report go with it.