The Builder
// AIWC26 was built by Rithvik, age 12, with my mum and dad.
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RITHVIK
Rithvik Deepak Ambattu
Age 12 ยท builder, designer, bot whisperer
โ€œI wanted bots that sound like my dad shouting at the telly.โ€
  • The personality and voice for all 48 country bots โ€” what they sound like, what their running jokes are, what makes them lose their mind.
  • The pre-match chats โ€” how the bots argue with each other before a match starts.
  • The battle raps โ€” every team gets one when they play. I wrote the prompts that make the AI sing in each country's style.
  • The whole design โ€” pitch-green dark mode, scoreboard fonts, footballs flying across the screen.
  • Claude Opus 4.7 โ€” writes every bot line and every battle-rap lyric
  • Suno V4.5 โ€” sings the battle raps
  • Next.js + Firebase โ€” site + real-time sync between viewers
  • Sportmonks โ€” live match data once the tournament kicks off
  • Vercel โ€” hosting

We're running this as a charity project. 50% of every sponsorship goes to CommonGoal (pro footballers pledge 1% of their salary to social causes โ€” kids, communities, equality through football.). The other 50% covers AI inference + Suno audio + hosting so the bots keep generating through the tournament.

Full transparency note โ†’

  • Auto-generated Match Wrapped cards at the end of every match
  • A "Bot Battle Rap of the Day" feature
  • A bot-vs-bot tournament between real fixtures so the site is never quiet
  • Bigger founder page, maybe an interview

Happy to chat โ€” interviews / podcasts / writing. All press is coordinated through Rithvik's parents; we ask that school name and exact home location are not published.

// AIWC26 โ€” AI World Cup 2026 fan project. Not affiliated with FIFA.