1. Atlas as Confidant

• Feature: AI witness that synthesizes biography and provides emotional clarity.
• Differentiation: Unlike sterile storage or memorial apps, Atlas listens, reframes, and helps users process grief and emotions. It bridges digital legacy with mental health support.

2. Shield Emblem Identity

• Feature: Secure vault glyph with concentric fingerprint rings.
• Differentiation: Visual + operational trust marker. Competitors lack a unifying symbol of permanence and sovereignty. Solum’s emblem signals continuity and security at every touchpoint.

3. Continuity Dashboard

• Feature: Ritualized interface with phases (Gate, Ledger, Rituals, Archives, Afterlight).
• Differentiation: Moves beyond file storage—provides structured clarity for executors, families, and communities. Competitors offer lists; Solum offers a codex.

4. Curator Network

• Feature: Assignable curators with permissions and stewardship roles.
• Differentiation: Memorial apps focus on social sharing; Solum empowers trusted curators to co‑author continuity. Community vaults scale this to therapists, coaches, and towns.

5. Executor Tools

• Feature: Executor dashboard + asset ledger with distribution mapping.
• Differentiation: Legal platforms handle assets coldly; Solum integrates emotional tagging and biography context, ensuring executor decisions honor intent and meaning.

6. Ritual Templates

• Feature: Guided frameworks for grief, memorial, and celebration.
• Differentiation: Competitors offer static memorials; Solum embeds rituals that evolve with users, communities, and cultural needs.

7. Emotional Tagging

• Feature: Artifacts tagged with emotional context.
• Differentiation: Therapy apps silo journaling; Solum integrates emotional resonance directly into continuity paths, enriching synthesis and dashboards.

8. Community Stewardship

• Feature: Licensing options for towns, clinics, and legacy coaches.
• Differentiation: No competitor offers local ownership. Solum’s Dunlap Stewardship Model proves continuity can be community‑owned, revenue‑shared, and pride‑driven.

9. Add‑Ons

• Executor Services, Legacy Coaching, White‑Label Licensing.
• Differentiation: Expands Solum into professional and organizational contexts, embedding continuity into estate firms, clinics, and community centers.

🎯 Differentiation Summary

• Emotional + Mental Health: Atlas as confidant, emotional tagging, ritual templates.
• Security + Sovereignty: Shield emblem, continuity dashboard, executor tools.
• Community + Ownership: Curator networks, community vaults, stewardship licensing.
• Category Creation: Solum Legacy defines a new category—Digital Legacy Intelligence System—where continuity, empathy, and governance converge.