diff --git a/.streamlit/config.toml b/app/.streamlit/config.toml
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/app/Dockerfile
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rename from Dockerfile
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diff --git a/app.py b/app/index..py
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diff --git a/pages/audiocast.py b/app/pages/audiocast.py
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diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/app/src/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/env_var.py b/app/src/env_var.py
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diff --git a/src/services/__init__.py b/app/src/services/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/services/admin_sdk.py b/app/src/services/admin_sdk.py
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diff --git a/src/services/anthropic_client.py b/app/src/services/anthropic_client.py
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diff --git a/src/services/elevenlabs_client.py b/app/src/services/elevenlabs_client.py
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diff --git a/src/services/firestore_sdk.py b/app/src/services/firestore_sdk.py
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diff --git a/src/services/gemini_client.py b/app/src/services/gemini_client.py
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diff --git a/src/services/openai_client.py b/app/src/services/openai_client.py
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diff --git a/src/uis/__init__.py b/app/src/uis/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/uis/chatui.py b/app/src/uis/chatui.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/__init__.py b/app/src/utils/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/audio_synthesizer.py b/app/src/utils/audio_synthesizer.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/audio_to_video.py b/app/src/utils/audio_to_video.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/audiocast_request.py b/app/src/utils/audiocast_request.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/chat_request.py b/app/src/utils/chat_request.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/chat_thread.py b/app/src/utils/chat_thread.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/chat_utils.py b/app/src/utils/chat_utils.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/clean_tss_markup.py b/app/src/utils/clean_tss_markup.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/decorators.py b/app/src/utils/decorators.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/generate_speech_utils.py b/app/src/utils/generate_speech_utils.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/prompt_templates/__init__.py b/app/src/utils/prompt_templates/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/prompt_templates/source_content_prompt.py b/app/src/utils/prompt_templates/source_content_prompt.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/prompt_templates/streamline_audio.py b/app/src/utils/prompt_templates/streamline_audio.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/prompt_templates/tts_prompt.py b/app/src/utils/prompt_templates/tts_prompt.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/render_audiocast.py b/app/src/utils/render_audiocast.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/render_audiocast_utils.py b/app/src/utils/render_audiocast_utils.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/render_chat.py b/app/src/utils/render_chat.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/session_manager.py b/app/src/utils/session_manager.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/session_state.py b/app/src/utils/session_state.py
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diff --git a/src/utils/waveform_utils.py b/app/src/utils/waveform_utils.py
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rename to app/src/utils/waveform_utils.py
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/app/tests/__init__.py
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diff --git a/tests/test_speech_gen.py b/app/tests/test_speech_gen.py
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 834ebf4..264fa56 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+fastapi
 pydantic
+fastapi-utilities
+uvicorn
+gunicorn
 
 streamlit
 httpx
diff --git a/server/src/__init__.py b/server/src/__init__.py
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/server/src/main.py b/server/src/main.py
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index 0000000..294deda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(_app: FastAPI):
+    # ---
+    yield
+    # ---
+
+
+app = FastAPI(
+    title="Audiora API",
+    description="Listen to anything, anytime, leveraging AI-generated audio.",
+    version="1.0.0",
+    lifespan=lifespan,
+)
+
+app.add_middleware(
+    CORSMiddleware,
+    allow_origins=["*"],
+    allow_credentials=True,
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+    expose_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+
+@app.get("/")
+async def root():
+    return {"message": "Hello World"}