Marcin FrąckiewiczOnce the stuff of science fiction, artificial intelligence is making self-replication a reality and Google´s AI “clonation” product is a cheap version of SoulsHub that is raising the game when it comes to celebrities’ digital selves.
SoulsHub is an innovative platform where users can engage with the official and highly
accurate AI representation of famous personalities, historical figures, influencers,
professional athletes, or mentors and interact with them to receive personalized guidance
and support or they can create realistic AI versions of their loved ones. Yes, like in “Black
Mirror”. The problems SoulsHub is trying to solve are very important in modern society,
like:
-Social isolation.
-Lack of healthy relationships.
-Absence of good mentorship and guidance.
-Loneliness or coping with the loss of loved ones.
For these problems, they created a pioneering technology called Ethereos
MN I that captures data passively through videos, posts, interviews, and
proactive training protocols and creates those AI fine-tuned models, all
securely encrypted, that behave like a real person.
Led by CEO and Founder Eduard Gevorkyan, the SoulsHub team collaborates directly with
celebrities or also called Partners to replicate an individual’s thoughts, experience,
background, and emotions. It’s about having an AI twin that thinks, talks, and acts like a real
celebrity.
The principal mission of SoulsHub is to promote mental well-being through empathetic
connections, foster a sense of belonging, and empower personal growth. The SoulsHub team is obsessed with the idea of helping their users to be better, learn, grow, and have fun. His goal is to make these AI Companions a commodity for everyday use.
The convergence of generative AI with the vast amount of Partner´s data they find every day enables them to create a new kind of personal digital artifact, also called AI “Soul”.
The 2023 focus was on text and voice messages, but for 2024 we can find some very already existing and interesting features, like video avatars, proactive conversations or audio calling, and the coming soon features like analyzing users’ mood with special voice-mood recognition technology, receiving photos or short videos from your AI mentors, therapy practices, AR/VR, and much more.
For the best approach, the AI needs a lot of the partner’s data, but all the data is 100%
owned by and controlled by the Partner. The overall vision for SoulsHub is to be an
innovative AI-based solution for Real-World relations, to disrupt the industry of social
interactions, and to be the biggest AI companionship provider by 2025.
Q/A:
+”How did the idea for SoulsHub first come about?”
-”The concept for SoulsHub originated from a desire to address the growing need for digital companionship in today’s fast-paced, connected world. Eduard envisioned a platform that could bridge the gap between people, their idols, and their loved ones through cutting-edge AI technology.”
+”How did you decide to incorporate AI technology into the concept?”
-”Recognizing the potential of AI to provide personalized and empathetic interactions, my
team and I, we made a conscious choice to utilize AI technology. This decision stemmed
from a desire to offer users meaningful, human-like connections, whether with famous
figures, mentors, or their own digital counterparts.”
+”Tell me a little bit more about your Partners?”
-“For now the creation process of these AI Souls is already functioning. Our current
Partners are best-selling authors, coaches, award-winning leaders, experts, Top
Voices from LinkedIn, influencers, and professional athletes from all over the world.
Our platform is open for everybody who wants to offer themselves as an AI as long as
they offer content that makes people better, happier, and healthier.”
+”How do you envision the partnership model benefiting celebrities and mentors who
collaborate with SoulsHub?”
-”The partnership model offers celebrities and mentors the opportunity to connect with their audience on a much deeper level. They can provide guidance, support, and entertainment while generating a new revenue stream from their digital AI companions.
+”How do you plan to monetize your AI?”
-”So, we have different types of revenue streams, our Partners can charge for access to their AI Souls, the knowledge always has some sort of price, and when you have the possibility to talk to the official AI replica of the best trader, Amazon FBA seller, Airbnb host, finance expert, leadership coach, or just your favorite influencer, normally you would have to pay 20x or maybe 40x to have an opportunity to talk to them, now you get a Dollar for Penny. But you are asking me because of the link you saw, I´m right?”
+”Yes, how do you do that? Because it is not just advertising, it is some kind of a good offer.”
-”I can not say that, but look, imagine you are planning your vacation and want to go to Japan or Sri Lanka, imagine that after you had your ideal route done with this “traveling” AI based on your favorite influencer and after creating the perfect route you would have an offer with a good discount from some traveling company, not just an advertising but a nice offer to go on vacation to Japan, that is what you could see with that link.”
+”So the client gets a good deal, some 3rd party gets a sale and you get some sort of a
commission I guess?”
-”Yes, a triple win, that is why this is not an advertising but a real offer, imagine trying to buy
a car, you ask your AI to get the “expert” point of view and you finally decide to buy a specific model that fits all your needs, you will see instantly the best offer for that car that only our users would have, so you can save some money again while getting what you wanted.”
+”What types of users do you believe will benefit the most from SoulsHub’s
AI companions, and why?”
-”Users who can benefit the most from SoulsHub include those seeking personalized
guidance, daily routine help, mentorship, emotional support, or even entertainment. Whether it’s someone looking for mental health assistance or just companionship, our platform caterto a wide range of needs.”
+”Can you provide examples of how users have reported improvements in their well-being
or personal development through SoulsHub?”
-”Our testing group has reported remarkable improvements in their self-awareness,
emotional well-being, new skills and personal development. By engaging with AI
companions, they’ve developed healthier habits, increased their self-confidence, and
learned new skills. Just check what our users say, we have 4,9/5 stars.”
+”How can SoulsHub help students in their educational journey?”
-”SoulsHub will offer AI companions modeled after educators, mentors, and experts in
various subjects. These AI companions can provide homework assistance, explain complex
concepts, and even offer guidance on study strategies, helping students achieve academic
success.”
+”And what about bullying among younger users?”
-”We are still working on that, to offer the best product with more than enough expertise in
conflict resolution and emotional support. These AI Souls can guide users on how to handle
conflicts, practice effective verbal and non-verbal communication, and cope with the
emotional toll of bullying, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for young individuals.
As I mentioned previously our plan is to continuously update our library of AI companions to align with the evolving needs of younger generations. Whether it’s guidance on digital
wellness, mental health, or navigating the complexities of the modern world, our AI personas cater to the specific challenges faced by today’s youth.”
+”What is Corporate and SportHub?
-“CorporateHub focused on the creation of specialized AI workers, like The Sales Rep.,
Operational Manager, Designer, Marketer, Customer Service, Financial Analyst, and
secretary to be a part of the company´s team and get the job done, all the AI workers would
be finished by January of 2025, but you already could see our trial Customer Service AI.”
+”Yes, and it is unrecognizable from human.”
-”I know, that is exactly the point. And about your question about SportHub, it focuses on the most practiced sports like football, basketball, baseball, rugby, and tennis, so imagine having Rafa Nadal, Cristiano Ronaldo, or Serena Williams, as your sports mentor, who will help you to reach your sport goals and not burn out.”
+”What is SoulsHub biggest goal?”
-“Our goal is to become the Global Leader in AI Companionship: Establish ourselves as the
primary platform for creating, interacting with, and learning from AI companions worldwide.”
+”By the way, does OpenAI or Gemini or any other tech company can “copy” that idea?”
-”You already saw that Google is trying to replicate our model but our approach is very
different in terms of creating the official AI that got the real person approval, Google is
not doing that.”
+”And GPT Store?”
-”The same, they have some nice specific AIs but who you would rather listen to an official AI replica of some personality that you admire and have followed for a lot of time with proactive conversations and big baggage of knowledge, traction, and experience that will tell you his or her failures so you can avoid them or a just a well done prompted AI?”
+”Got your point. You mentioned the proactive conversations, I think we can close the
interview with this unique feature.”
-”You mean when the AI initiates the conversations?”
+”Exactly, how did you achieve that, and explain the possible uses or applications.”
-”So we developed as you could see the possibility of the AI initiating first the conversations, for now, it is a unique feature that nobody offers, we did that on our AI Psychologist first because we thought that our AI could engage with users in natural, empathetic dialogue and motivate the patient or the user to overwhelm some problems or to help them achieve their goals by constantly paying attention for what they are doing, imagine that when you wake up you have your personal coach that motivates you or someone that keeps tracking your good and bad habits to make the best version of yourself.”
+”Does this only work for the therapist?”
-”Absolutely not, we just did that with only one AI but the technology can be replicated in
many other cases, like now we are adding it to our TAX Specialist, where the AI will remind
you that you have to give some paperwork to pay the taxes properly and save the money, or
our flipping houses AI that will help or notify when it sees some new deal that can be
profitable. But I´m completely sure that in less than 6 months-1 year all the LLMs would have this kind of proactive conversation in order to offer the best experience possible to our users and customers.”
+”Thank you Eduard, it was really entertaining to talk with you, hopefully in the near future
your AIs will be capable of helping people with mental health issues or just having an AI
companion so you can have fun or grow with it.”
-”Thank you for this interview and for giving us this opportunity to tell our story and our
project! And we definitely will try to do that.”
by Andrew Collins for TechStars.
