essences to assist with tasks such as onboarding new employees, explaining domain-specific concepts, and role-playing meetings. The platform supports controlled memory sharing so essences can answer questions and coordinate actions based on user-approved information. Essence also enables essences to interact with one another, allowing a user’s clone to consult other essences and return synthesized responses. The technology is designed for use cases ranging from professional collaboration to consumer scenarios such as personalized style advice, health data interpretation, and dating app interactions. Essence emphasizes safety and permissioned data use in the operation of these digital clones.