SoulSignal | The Neurospiritual Intelligence Layer

SoulSignal measures
what matters.

The Neurospiritual Intelligence Layer – translating physiological and spiritual practice data into meaningful, values-aligned guidance.

Built in partnership with Mass General Brigham
Harvard Medical School’s Top Neuroscience Labs

The wellness and spiritual tech market is saturated – but under-intelligent

Content Overload

  • 225M+ prayers completed on Hallow – no framework to understand impact
  • 2.7M virtual ceremonies on AppsForBharat – zero personalized guidance
  • 43% of faith-based donations now digital – not connected to formation

No Interpretation Layer

  • Wearables collect data
  • Apps deliver content
  • No one connects them meaningfully
  • Engagement metrics ≠ spiritual formation
  • Completion rates ≠ growth

Mental Health’s Missing Layer

  • AI mental health lacks meaning-making frameworks
  • No measurement of purpose or values alignment
  • Spiritual practices offer what mental health AI lacks
  • But there’s no platform connecting them

The data exists. The engagement exists.
The interpretation layer doesn’t. Yet.

Two Revolutions, One Opportunity

$147M Invested in 2024
$4.84B Market by 2030
500M+ Bible App Downloads
14.6% Annual Growth Rate

The Gap

“Mental health care involves some of the most intimate aspects of personal information and hinges on the critical relationship between patients and their caregivers.”
– Science, January 2026

Mental health AI has the tools. Spiritual tech has the engagement.
SoulSignal connects them – ethically.

Mass General Brigham: The Competitive Advantage Competitors Can’t Buy

The ONLY spiritual tech platform with deep research partnerships at one of the world’s premier academic medical centers

Dr. Michael Ferguson, PhD

Neurospirituality Lab

Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Lecturer on Neurospirituality, Harvard Divinity School
Director, Neurospirituality Lab

  • One of few Harvard faculty bridging Medical School AND Divinity School
  • 15+ years studying spirituality through neuroscience lens
  • Published in Biological Psychiatry on brain circuits for spirituality
  • Templeton World Charity Foundation funded research
  • Excellence in Teaching Award from Harvard College
  • Teaches: Neurospirituality, Cognitive Neuroscience of Meditation, Virtue Science

→ Ensures spiritual integrity while maintaining scientific rigor

Dr. Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD

Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics

Founding Director, Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Chair of Neurology

  • 50,000+ citations in academic literature
  • World leader in brain circuit mapping
  • 50+ faculty members at his Center
  • 160,000+ patients treated with neuromodulation
  • Pioneered “lesion network mapping” methodology
  • Published groundbreaking research on spirituality circuits

→ Provides clinical validation infrastructure at world-class level

Why This Is Defensible

Building this from scratch would require:

7-10 years
Timeline to replicate
$XX-XXX M
Research funding needed

“Competitors can hire engineers. They can’t hire Dr. Ferguson.
They can’t hire Dr. Fox. They can’t hire Mass General Brigham.”

Applying Proven AI Mental Health Methodologies to Spiritual Formation

AI Mental Health (Proven) SoulSignal Application
Real-time behavioral monitoring
Smartphones/wearables
Daily prayer patterns, meditation consistency, spiritual practice adherence
Emotional state tracking
Across contexts
Peace, gratitude, moral resilience, sense of meaning
Digital phenotyping
High temporal resolution
Spiritual formation stages, values alignment, growth trajectories
Personalized treatment
Using ML
Values-aligned guidance, practice recommendations, formation milestones
Clinical decision support
For caregivers
Spiritual director dashboards, pastoral care insights

Proof of Concept: The Rosary Report

Our first live pilot – validated by both Mass General Brigham labs

What It Is

A clinically-validated analytics and personalization framework for Catholic prayer practice, co-developed with Dr. Ferguson’s Neurospirituality Lab and Dr. Fox’s Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics.

Why It Matters

  • XXX+ committed users enrolled
  • XX% daily practice adherence
  • XX% report increased peace/meaning
  • Publication manuscript in preparation with MGB

The Advantage

By platform licensing launch:

  • Published in Science/JAMA
  • MGB co-authored validation
  • Replicable methodology
  • Credibility no competitor can match

The Market Has Validated Demand.
Now They Need Infrastructure.

Platform Users/Metrics Growth Gap We Fill
Hallow 10M+ users
225M+ prayers
500% YoY
$33.4M revenue
No practice → outcome mapping
AppsForBharat 30M+ downloads
2.7M ceremonies
Revenue tripled
2022-2023
No personalized guidance
Calm/Headspace $4B+ combined
100M+ users
Plateauing No spiritual formation framework
Co-Star 20M+ downloads Mainstream adoption No scientific credibility

The Licensing Pitch

When we approach these platforms in 12-18 months with published validation from Mass General Brigham:

“You can build this internally over 5+ years and $XX M+,
or license our MGB-validated framework now.”

$4.84B Market by 2030
84% Global population identifies with religion
100M+ Active users on faith platforms
14.6% CAGR through 2030

From MGB Research to Market Leadership

Q1 2026 (Current)

Rosary Report Completion

  • X,XXX+ users enrolled
  • Data analysis with both MGB labs
  • Manuscript preparation
Q2 2026

Publication & Expansion

  • Submit to JAMA/Science
  • Present at major conferences
  • Expand pilot to X,XXX users
Q3 2026

Publication & Partnerships

  • Published validation in top journal
  • MGB PR coverage
  • Platform partnership discussions
  • Grant applications with MGB
Q4 2026

Licensing Launch

  • X-X platform agreements signed
  • Multi-site validation study
  • Series A fundraising
2027

Scale & Expansion

  • XX+ practices across traditions
  • XXX,XXX+ licensed users
  • Enterprise contracts

The Team + Our Mass General Brigham Partners

Our ‘team’ includes researchers who define the standards our competitors will have to meet

This Isn’t an Advisory Board

This is active co-development with the world’s leading neuroscience institution.
Embedded researchers. Daily collaboration. Published validation.

Dr. Michael Ferguson, PhD

Neurospirituality Research Partner
Director of Neurospirituality Lab at Mass General Brigham’s Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics. One of the few Harvard faculty members with simultaneous appointments at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Divinity School.
  • Spiritual practice validation and integrity
  • Faith-tradition-specific frameworks
  • 15+ years neurospirituality research
  • Published in Biological Psychiatry
  • Templeton Foundation funded work

Dr. Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD

Clinical Validation Partner
Founding Director of Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Chair.
  • Clinical trial design and execution
  • Physiological measurement protocols
  • 50,000+ academic citations
  • World leader in brain circuit mapping
  • 160,000+ patients treated at Center

The Ask

Join us in building the intelligence layer for spiritual and wellness technology

Target Raise: $X-XX M Seed / Series A

$X.X M

Accelerate MGB Research

$X.X M

Scale Rosary Report

$XXX K

Platform Integration

$XXX K

Sales & Marketing

Every Dollar Invested Accelerates

✓ Published validation
✓ Platform partnerships
✓ Category leadership
✓ MGB credibility

Our Goal

Become the standard-setting intelligence layer for spiritual and wellness technology