Frequently Asked Questions

UNU VIVO is an AI-augmented life documentation and archival platform designed to empower individuals with digital sovereignty, narrative continuity, and reflective growth. It is conceptually akin to "digitizing the brain," not in a literal sense, but as a metaphor for creating a rich, accessible, and insightful digital representation of one's life. It blends ethical AI, real-time journaling, and privacy-first infrastructure to create a secure space for capturing and curating your life story.

These are the core principles of our philosophy. In a world increasingly mediated by surveillance capitalism, UNU VIVO stands as a countermeasure—a private, sovereign, intelligent repository for your life.

Radical Ownership means that you, and you alone, own your memories, thoughts, and emotions. We believe your life story deserves care, privacy, and intentionality, not to be treated as a data point for monetization.

Data Sovereignty is how we put that philosophy into practice. It means you have ultimate control over your "digitized brain." This is achieved through features like user-owned, exportable memory archives, zero-knowledge encryption, and self-hosted options that ensure your data remains genuinely personal and controlled by you.

While standard journaling apps provide robust private journaling, UNU VIVO goes further by systematically working to "digitize" consciousness for deeper future insight. Key differences include:

• The Stream of Self: For continuous, passive life capture from wearables and voice inputs, recording life as it happens.
• AI Memory Layer: Organizes raw memories into meaningful, interconnected structures using memory graphs and threading, mimicking how the brain forms associations.
• Focus on Insight, Not Replication: Unlike AI that creates conversational replicas of people, UNU VIVO's goal is to preserve the breadth and depth of your thought for your own future reflection and personal growth.

Your privacy is paramount. Our entire system is built on a privacy-first infrastructure. Any unauthorized reading or sharing of your private journal entries by our employees is strictly forbidden and is a violation of our core policies.

Furthermore, our premium service uses **zero-knowledge, 256-bit AES encryption**. This means your encrypted entries cannot be read by anyone but you—not even our employees.

Crucially, this means you hold the only key. If you forget or lose your personal encryption password, your encrypted data cannot be recovered. This ensures absolute privacy but also places the full responsibility for the key in your hands.

A.L.C.H.E.M.I. stands for **Adaptive Learning and Cognitive Human-Emulation for Multimodal Intelligence**. It is the modular, neuromorphic intelligence platform at the heart of UNU VIVO, designed to emulate human-like cognition, memory, and reasoning. Key modules include:

• A.U.R.O.R.A. (Autonomous Understanding & Recursive Optimization via Reinforced Adaptation): The neuromorphic memory engine that simulates how memory works.
• C.E.L.I.A. (Conversational Engine for Linguistic Intelligence & Autonomy): The natural language and voice interface for journaling and interaction.
• CLARITY AI: The ethical oversight and explainability layer that ensures AI decisions are transparent and auditable.

Yes. Data sovereignty is a core principle of UNU VIVO. We believe in user-owned, exportable memory archives. The platform includes features for portable export to legacy archives or your personal cloud. Our Data Vault Services provide an advanced tier for exporting your data to personal sovereign storage like ProtonDrive or as an AI-less export for legal or migration purposes.

We do not sell or rent your personally identifiable information. Our business model is designed to align with our users' best interests and is based on providing valuable, premium services, not on monetizing your personal data. Our revenue streams include:

• SaaS Freemium Model: Core journaling is free, while premium tiers unlock advanced AI modules.
• Self-Hosted Pro / Data Vaults: For users who demand ultimate control and want to run the service in their own secure environments.
• Memoir-as-a-Service (MaaS): A service that transforms your raw data into a curated, tangible legacy like a printed book.
• Institutional & Therapy/Coaching Licenses: For professionals who use the platform for reflection-based practices.