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CEO and Cofounder of Tough Tongue AI I've been a developer and product manager, and most recently I was PM at Google Cloud. I have had multiple starts at building something amazing, but still chasing it! The current dream is to build a safe place to practice high-stakes conversation. My passion for building this platform stems from my own experiences with difficult conversations. My friends have often made fun of facts that I generally make FAQs, shadow practice etc even for most trivial conversations. With Tough Tongue AI, I'm trying to make high-quality prep more easy to get. Love to connect and help fellow builders (believer in infinite games!).

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Use Tough Tongue AI inside your Claude, Codex & Cursor

We just shipped plugins, MCP, and skills for ToughTongue AI.

What this means: Your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) can now create practice scenarios, refine them from real session data, and analyze team performance - without leaving the terminal.

Setup (one command):

  1. Claude Code: claude plugin install toughtongue@toughtongue-skills

  2. Codex: codex plugin add toughtongue@toughtongue

  3. Cursor: Settings > Plugins > Import from Repo

Support for Bring Your Own Keys (BYOK) 🎉 🚀

You can now connect your own model provider keys and run practice on your own quota. Grab a free Gemini key from Google AI Studio, or use your existing OpenAI and other provider keys.
Why it matters: Most of you already have a key somewhere, free Gemini keys, company OpenAI accounts, unused credits. BYOK turns that into near-unlimited practice here. You can also orchestrate Anam and other avatar providers through the platform.
How to start:
1. Open Settings: https://lnkd.in/gMk86ek7
2. Add your provider key (Gemini or OpenAI)
3. Select the provider on your scenario and start practicing
Questions? Drop them here.

Make an AI clone of yourself that is freakishly good.

New feature: You can now create an AI clone of yourself on Tough Tongue AI. It talks in your voice, uses your face, and joins meetings on your behalf.

10 minutes to set up. Three steps. Here's how it works.

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