# Soultrace

- **Event:** [GPT-5 Startup Hackathon NYC](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/gpt5-nyc)
- **When:** Sep 27 at 9:00 AM – Sep 28 at 5:00 PM (EDT)
- **Where:** The Malin Flatiron, New York, NY
- **Team:** [Qiming Liu](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/qiming), [Bingbing Ma](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/yiverse), [sophie Agre](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/Sophie)
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/qimingliu1021/-Soultrace
- **Demo video:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OuRiLvz328
- **Gallery:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/gpt5-nyc/hackathon/gallery
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/gpt5-nyc/hackathon/gallery/45

Soultrace is an AI-powered application that bridges ancient Eastern wisdom with personal digital identity. It addresses the modern problem of fragmented self-understanding by providing deeply personalized, philosophical insights.

Users input a three-digit number, which the app interprets using the I Ching (The Book of Changes) to generate a personalized hexagram. They also share cities meaningful to them. Soultrace then synthesizes this hexagram with their current location, generating an AI-powered life analysis.

Leveraging GPT-5's web search capability, the app identifies key city landmarks. It then creates a unique "emotional melody" for each city based on the user's memories and identity there. This melody informs the generation of high-quality, emotionally resonant AI images of those landmarks. Finally, all elements are woven into an original poem and a stunning video, merging poetic elegance with visual artistry for a profound, introspective experience.

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