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midtown-money

Pick your nightmare client — the skeptical investor who already has an advisor, the busy professional who won't give you five minutes, the retiree who's afraid of losing everything — and have a live AI voice conversation

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Runs ElevenLabs voice personas that push back as a chosen client, then flags the exact transcript line where the rep lost them.

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Pick your nightmare client — the skeptical investor who already has an advisor, the busy professional who won't give you five minutes, the retiree who's afraid of losing everything — and have a live AI voice conversation that pushes back exactly like they would. When the call ends, Midtown Money shows you the exact line where you lost them, the exact words you should have said instead, and gives your manager a live view of who on the team is improving and who needs help.
Sumo-99/midtownmoney★ 00 forksTypeScriptMITCreated Mar 21, 2026 · last push Mar 21, 2026

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# Finance Assistant

AI-powered cold call training platform for financial advisors.

## Architecture

This project is structured as a monorepo with a decoupled frontend and backend:

- **Backend (`/backend`)**: Python FastAPI service handling AI orchestration (Claude), data fetching (Finny), and persistence (Blaxel/Postgres).
- **Frontend (`/frontend`)**: Next.js 14+ application handling the UI and Voice WebSocket connection (ElevenLabs).

## Getting Started

### Prerequisites
- Node.js 18+
- Python 3.10+
- PostgreSQL
- Anthropic API key
- ElevenLabs persona agent IDs for the three training personas

### Setup

1. **Environment Variables**
   Copy `.env.example` to `.env` in the root, then fill in the backend values.
   Add the frontend values to `frontend/.env.local`.

2. **Backend Setup**
   ```bash
   cd backend
   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   uvicorn main:app --reload
   ```

3. **Frontend Setup**
   ```bash
   cd frontend
   npm install
   npm run dev
   ```

Open http://localhost:3000 to view the app.

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