Inspiration

The loss of a loved one often leaves behind unanswered questions and unspoken words. We wondered: what if you could preserve your presence beyond life—not just memories, but voice, face, and personality? Inspired by this emotional gap, EverYou was born to bridge it using AI.

What it does

EverYou lets users create multi-sensory digital personas—text, voice, video—trained on their life stories. These AI-powered avatars can share messages, answer questions, and offer emotional presence even after the user has passed. Think of it as a persistent, ethical, and loving legacy engine.

How we built it

We used Django for the backend and Bolt.new for a quick, modern UI frontend. Our architecture includes:

  • Text AI: The heart of project trained and responding using user data
  • Voice: ElevenLabs API for realistic voice cloning
  • Video: Tavus API for personalized talking-head videos (currently not integrated)
  • Frontend: Built with React and Tailwind
  • Backend & Infra: The project runs on a Django backend hosted on Google cloud VM instances
  • Auth: Supabase authentication is used for signup & signin

The system is modular, scalable, and built for a production-grade deployment pipeline.

Challenges we ran into

  • Managing cost-effective inference and fine-tuning infrastructure for multiple users
  • Real-time video and voice generation dependencies on expensive third-party APIs
  • Designing emotional guardrails to prevent unintended or harmful content delivery
  • Keeping the UI sleek but emotionally grounded

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • Built a working MVP that lets users upload content and generate their AI persona
  • Integrated multi-modal outputs: chat, voice
  • Designed an ethical delivery engine with consent and emotional safety at the core
  • Created a compelling brand and UX around a deeply personal use case

What we learned

  • AI isn't just functional—it can be emotional when used with intent
  • Building a "forever" presence comes with complex ethical and technical demands
  • Balancing high-infra cost with accessible pricing is a non-trivial design decision
  • Early users value simplicity, clarity, and emotional tone over tech buzzwords

What's next for EverYou

  • Add AR/hologram output for immersive legacy experiences
  • Build in-house voice/video synthesis to reduce third-party API costs
  • Launch digital vaults, smart will integration, and grief-mode content filters
  • Expand into B2B with museums, memorial platforms, and legacy planners
  • Open our "Immortal Mentors" marketplace featuring historical AI personas
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