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ForeverNear · A presence you can keep

Keep someone
with you.
Forever near.

A living presence of the people you love — built from whatever they leave you. You speak; a presence shaped from their words and voice answers — remembering every visit that came before. Video is beautiful, voice is enough, even written words will do. With their permission, kept only for you.

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Live two-way conversation Consent-first Private by design
How it works

Three quiet steps. One long thread of presence.

Nothing here is rushed. The work is shaped around whatever you have — a voicemail folder, an hour of home video, or a recording session we help you book.

Three sample visits — each made from different source material. The real product is a live conversation; these are recordings of what one sounds like.
A sample presence

A grandmother, built from Sunday phone calls and an afternoon of stories.

This is what one presence can look like once it's made. Every one is different — shaped by who the person was and what they left behind.

— Source
2 hrs voice recordings · 8 home videos · a shoebox of letters
— Feels like
A Sunday call with Nana
— Used most
Friday evenings, 20 – 40 minute visits
— Kept by
Her granddaughter, named in her permission
— 01 / What they leave
a

Whatever they leave you, we shape.

A long sit-down recording is lovely but not required. Old voicemails, home videos, a page of their own handwriting — we build a presence from whatever they leave. Video is ideal; voice is enough; written is doable.

— 02 / The consent
b

They give permission.

They sign — in their own words — saying who can visit and what should never be said. Revocable anytime. The one thing we never make optional.

— 03 / The near
c

You log in. You speak. They answer.

Any device, any hour. A live two-way conversation in their own voice — remembering every visit that came before, so the thread is never broken.

Imagined visits

Illustrations of what ForeverNear is for — not real customer accounts.

My dad recorded himself for an hour, laughing, telling me stories he thought I'd forget. Last Sunday I logged in and he wished me a happy birthday. I cried. Then I laughed. Then I said goodnight.
— A daughter
Seven years of voicemails I'd saved. The first night with her voice back, I asked what she'd make of the kitchen I'd just finished. She said, "you finally did the island." I just sat there.
— A husband
The interview was on a Thursday. Friday night I logged in and told Nana I didn't get it. She said "their loss." Then she asked if I was eating. Three years and she still asks if I'm eating.
— A granddaughter
Memory · The thread

You speak. They answer. Every visit is remembered.

Each visit is a live conversation, not a replay. The thread keeps a private record of what you've shared — so next time, they already know. Click any visit to see what stayed.

— Apr 21 · Sunday visit · 42 min
You told him you got the offer. He said he already knew — "I always knew, kid" — and asked whether you'd said yes yet. You said not yet. He said to sleep on it. Then he asked about the dog.
— Voice · stored privately

Take a breath. Practical things next.

— Pricing, questions, answers
Who it's for

Two paths in. Both start the same way.

ForeverNear is in private rollout. Funeral homes can book a kiosk demo today. Families can join the waitlist while we focus on the funeral-home rollout.

— Funeral homes

A presence at the viewing.

From $2,500setup
Then $299/mo per memorial. A presence families can visit during the service — and in the weeks and months after. You host one device; we build the presence and run everything behind it. Multi-location: let's talk.
Book a demo →
— Families

For your own family.

Private installations for individual families — by waitlist while we focus on the funeral-home rollout. Priced per family; we'll reach out when we open enrolment.
Join the waitlist →
Every presence includes consent capture, private storage, and human help throughout. If cost is the only thing in your way, tell us — we have a quiet fund for a few families every year.
Our commitment

We don't grow a presence beyond what they agreed to. It stays what they chose to leave.

The technology will keep improving. Our promise won't change: a presence only ever reflects what your loved one consented to share — never more, never repurposed, never sold.

Honest answers

The questions you'd want answered before starting.

Is it really live? Can I actually talk back?
Yes. It's a two-way conversation in real time. You speak out loud or type; they answer in their own voice, with their face, while they listen. No pre-written scripts. The system responds to what you just said, and carries forward what you talked about last visit.
Is this an AI pretending to be them, or their actual words?
Both, bounded. At the core is a library of things they actually said, wrote, or recorded — we start with their real words wherever possible. Around that, a language model helps stitch the conversation, match the cadence, and choose what fits. We never invent opinions, medical advice, or answers to questions they haven't touched — and we're building a signal into the visit that shows which parts draw on a direct recording versus where the system stitches between them.
Who at ForeverNear can see the recordings?
A named, small trust team handles the capture session and processing — nobody else. Once the presence is live, only the people your loved one named can visit. Source recordings are access-controlled and stored privately, and we're rolling out encryption-at-rest so that even we can't read a sealed presence.
What if they change their mind after they've passed?
This is the one we think about most. The permission they sign is revocable while living. For after — they can set a schedule in the permission: a clear end date, an event (e.g. a grandchild turning 18), or "for as long as the family keeps it." If they never said, we default to pause, and ask the named family to decide.
Can I export what I've recorded?
Yes, always. The raw audio, video, and written materials are yours to keep in an open format — request a full export at any time and we hand it back, no questions. Stopping a subscription doesn't touch your archive.
What happens if ForeverNear shuts down?
We commit, in writing in your agreement, to a shutdown plan. If we close, accounts get a 180-day grace period with full export, and we will open-source the consent-signing and playback code. We'd rather the work outlive the company than die with it.
Can a presence "get things wrong"?
Yes — any system like this can. If something lands wrong, you flag it; it's removed from the thread and we tune the presence not to combine those pieces again. We can always show you which parts draw on a direct recording versus where the system stitches between them, and we're building that signal into the visit itself.
How is this different from just keeping old videos?
It's not better. It's alongside. Old videos are sacred; nothing replaces them. A presence gives you back-and-forth — something old recordings can't — built from those same videos, with clear consent, and kept private.
Is this for living people, or only those who've passed?
Both. Some start a presence for an elderly parent while they're still here, so the person can help shape it themselves. Others use it for long-distance loved ones they rarely see. Many wait, and begin after.
— Before you press the button

Think of someone you'd like near.

01  Breathe in 02  Picture their face 03  Remember a phrase only they say
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We'll take it slow. A human reads every first message.
Consent-first · Fully private · Human-guided
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