Our story
It started at a grave.
My great-great-great grandfather is buried beneath a stone that carries his name and two dates. I stood in front of it and realized that was everything I knew about him.
Four generations is all it takes
A name. Two dates. Nothing else.
He had a whole life. Work he was proud of. People he loved. A voice, a laugh, opinions, a favorite song. Somewhere between his lifetime and mine, all of it disappeared.
Not because nobody cared. Because nobody had a way to keep it. Four generations is all it takes for an entire person to be reduced to a name and a dash between two dates.
Five years ago
Then it was my father.
He served in the military. He worked in the movies in California. He had the kind of stories you only half-listen to at dinner, because you assume they will always be there.
His grandchildren will never hear those stories the way he told them. And the hardest part is knowing the loss was preventable. The cameras existed. The recorders existed. What didn't exist was something that made sitting down and capturing a life simple enough to actually happen.
So I built it. That's not a marketing angle. That's the reason this company exists.
The mission
“I stood at my great-great-great grandfather's grave and realized I knew almost nothing about him. His voice. His dreams. What made him laugh. Gone.
We believe every single person who ever lived had a story worth telling. Every single one.
I built this so your grandchildren never have to feel that. Their story belongs to everyone who comes after you. We're just making sure it gets there.”
What that loss taught us
Three things we will never compromise.
01
Real materials only
We never recreate a person with AI — not their face, not their words, not footage that never happened. A tribute is built from real photos, real recordings, real stories told by real people. Anywhere AI assists, it is disclosed as AI.
02
Nothing is discarded
Every memory a family shares finds a home — in the film, or in the printed memory book. Unlimited contributors at every tier, because no one who loved someone should be turned away from remembering them.
03
The book is yours outright
The most permanent thing we can hand you isn't a server — it's a printed book on your shelf that doesn't depend on us existing. Your pages and recordings stay safe with us, and your originals are yours to download anytime.
From the founder
“If you've ever stood at a stone wishing you knew the person under it — you already understand why this exists.”
Founder · Xyodex
Don't let their story stop at a name and two dates.
There's no countdown here. Most families visit a few times before they begin. When you're ready, starting takes about three minutes.