Alma by Olivares AI

Alma by Olivares AI is a next generation AI assistant purpose built to overcome a fundamental limitation of current AI tools: the absence of persistent long term memory. Unlike conventional chatbots that reset with every new session, Alma automatically extracts, stores, and recalls facts, preferences, decisions, and behavioral patterns from every interaction, creating a continuously evolving understanding of each user. This means your AI never forgets your preferred writing style, the details of ongoing projects, or specific instructions you shared weeks ago. Beyond its core memory system, Alma introduces a unified workspace that integrates background agents, creative studios, and research tools under a single monthly budget. Users can deploy long running research agents that work autonomously for hours or days, generate images, videos, and music without managing multiple subscriptions, and conduct deep web research that consolidates findings directly into the memory system. Alma is designed for a broad audience including casual users seeking a smarter conversational partner, creators producing thumbnails, soundtracks, and short videos, researchers tracking trends and conducting knowledge work, and power users who want to bring their own API keys or connect via MCP. It supports 16 languages, offers voice conversations and voice note transcription, and provides a long form editor with export to DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and PDF. With a starting price of just $14 per month and no hidden add ons, Alma aims to be the single AI tool that truly remembers and works for you.

Persistent Memory

Alma automatically extracts facts, preferences, and decisions from every conversation and stores them permanently. This means your AI remembers your preferred writing style, your ongoing projects, and the specific details you shared weeks ago, eliminating the need to repeat yourself. The memory system continuously evolves with each interaction, building a deeply personalized understanding of who you are and what you need.

Background Agents

Users can describe a goal in plain language, and Alma plans and executes it autonomously in the background for hours or even weeks. Agents can investigate competitors over 30 days with daily briefs, watch the web for brand mentions and notify when relevant content appears, or generate weekly status reports from recent memories. This feature transforms Alma from a reactive tool into a proactive research and monitoring assistant.

Creative Studios

Alma bundles image, video, and music studios into one unified workspace under a single monthly budget. The Image Studio uses Flux Pro and Leonardo across styles and aspect ratios with inpainting and upscaling. The Video Studio leverages Runway Gen 4 and Gen 4.5 for storyboarding and stitching up to 60 seconds of 1080p video. The Music Studio uses ElevenLabs for studio grade tracks up to 10 minutes with or without vocals.

Soul Engine v2

This feature defines Alma's identity, worldview, style guide, anti patterns, and communication modes, creating a complete cognitive framework rather than just a personality prompt. Combined with Context Assembly, which automatically assembles the right context for each interaction without manual prompt engineering, Alma delivers responses that are deeply aligned with each user's unique communication style and preferences.

Personalized Conversational Assistant

For casual users, Alma serves as a smarter conversational partner that remembers every detail across chats. Users can have natural conversations with persistent context, engage in voice conversations while on the move, and have voice notes automatically transcribed into structured memories. This creates a deeply personalized experience where the AI understands your tone, preferences, and ongoing projects without any repetition.

Creative Content Production

Creators can use Alma's unified creative studios to generate thumbnails, soundtracks, and short videos all from a single monthly budget without juggling multiple subscriptions. The Image Studio produces assets in various styles and sizes, the Video Studio creates short 1080p videos, and the Music Studio generates full tracks up to 10 minutes. This streamlines the entire content creation workflow in one workspace.

Research and Knowledge Management

Researchers and knowledge workers can deploy background agents to track trends, conduct web searches that are summarized into memories, and use the long form editor with PDF, DOCX, and Markdown export. Alma keeps the thread across multiple projects without contaminating context between them, making it ideal for ongoing research, competitive analysis, and trend monitoring that requires sustained attention over time.

Power User Integration

Developers and power users can bring their own provider keys for compatible services, connect Alma to their editor over MCP, or hit the API directly. The Max plan includes VS Code extension with sidebar chat, enabling seamless integration into existing development workflows. This allows technical users to leverage Alma's memory and agent capabilities while maintaining control over their infrastructure and costs.

How does Alma's persistent memory actually work?

Alma automatically extracts facts, preferences, decisions, and patterns from every conversation you have. These are stored in a structured memory system that goes beyond simple vector storage. When you start a new chat, Alma uses Context Assembly to automatically pull the most relevant memories for that specific interaction, ensuring you never need to repeat yourself while maintaining appropriate context boundaries between different projects.

Can I use Alma for image, video, and music creation without extra costs?

Yes, all three creative studios are included in your single monthly budget with no per feature add ons. The Image Studio uses Flux Pro and Leonardo, the Video Studio uses Runway Gen 4 and Gen 4.5, and the Music Studio uses ElevenLabs. You can generate assets across all three studios from the same monthly USD pool, and you only top up when you exhaust your budget.

What is Soul Engine v2 and how is it different from a standard personality prompt?

Soul Engine v2 is a complete cognitive framework that defines Alma's identity, worldview, style guide, anti patterns, and communication modes. Unlike a simple personality prompt that only adjusts tone, Soul Engine creates a consistent behavioral model that understands your preferred writing style, communication preferences, and even what responses to avoid. This ensures Alma interacts with you in a way that feels genuinely personalized and aligned with your expectations.

How do background agents work and what can they do?

You describe a goal in plain language, and Alma plans the steps and runs autonomously in the background for hours or weeks. Agents can investigate competitors with daily briefs, watch the web for brand mentions and notify you, or generate weekly status reports from your recent memories. They report back with findings consolidated directly into your memory system, making Alma a proactive research and monitoring tool that works continuously on your behalf.

Alma by Olivares AI starts at $14 per month with no hidden add ons. This single monthly budget covers all features including persistent memory, background agents, and all three creative studios (image, video, and music). There are no per feature subscriptions or surprise charges, and users can cancel anytime. The Max plan is available for power users who want to bring their own API keys, connect via MCP, or use the VS Code extension with sidebar chat. Your data is exportable at any time.