Keep someone
with you.
Forever near.
A living presence of the people you love, built from what they chose to leave you. You speak; a presence shaped from their words and voice answers, remembering every visit that came before. With their permission, kept only for you.
A private video conversation, in their voice and with their face. You speak or type; they answer live.
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 the material they chose to leave.
- 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
- Permission
- Signed by her while she was alive, with a witness
- Kept by
- Her granddaughter, named in her permission
No one is here without saying yes.
Every presence starts with permission the person signed while they were alive. If someone has already passed without signing, we can't build one. In that permission they name who may visit, and what should never be said.
The recordings, video and writing are yours. Ask for a full export in an open format whenever you like.
If ForeverNear ever closes, you get 180 days to export everything, and we open-source the consent and playback code.
One request erases everything we hold for good: recordings, voice and memory.
Built for the new likeness rules, such as California AB 1836 and the EU AI Act.
ForeverNear is not a fit for everyone. Please read this.
If you are in acute grief, a therapist or grief counselor should come first — we can wait. If the person in question can't or won't consent, ForeverNear is not an option. And if you're looking for a tool to watch, deceive, or speak for someone, you're in the wrong place.
- Not for acute grief without support
- Not for non-consenting subjects
- Not for surveillance, impersonation, or legal voice
- Not a replacement for a living relationship
Three steps. Permission always comes first.
They say yes, they leave what they want to leave, and then you can visit. Nothing is built until the first step is done.
They give permission.
While they are alive, they sign a permission form with a witness. It names who may visit and what should never be said. They can withdraw it at any time.
They leave what they want to leave.
Material they chose to leave, under their signed permission: saved voicemails, letters, home video, or a recording session we help you book.
You visit.
Open your private link on any device, at any hour. Speak or type, and they answer live in their own voice, remembering the visits before.
Their face clearly visible, looking at the camera, in good light. A phone photo taken straight on is fine.
Speaking on their own, with no music or other voices over it. 30-60 minutes is ideal.
The phrases they always said and the stories they told, written the way they told them.
From material to first visit: 2-4 weeks, including a test visit your family approves first.
What a visit could feel like
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.
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.
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.
Every visit remembers the last one.
Each visit is a live conversation, not a replay. A private record of what you've told them carries into the next visit, so you never start over. Click any visit below to see what carried forward.
Take a breath. Practical things next.
Start a presence for your family.
ForeverNear is in private rollout, so families join a waitlist. A real person reaches out when we can start with you. Pricing is per family, and we talk it through with you before anything begins.
Everything, start to finish.
- Permission capture, signed and witnessed
- Building the presence from the material they chose to leave
- A test visit your family approves before it goes live
- Private storage, shared only by your family's link
- A real person helping you throughout
- Export or delete everything, at any time
Join the waitlist.
A presence families can visit at the viewing and in the months after. You host one device; we run everything behind it.
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.
The questions you'd want answered before starting.
Is it really live? Can I actually talk back?
Is this an AI pretending to be them, or their actual words?
Who at ForeverNear can see the recordings?
What if they change their mind after they've passed?
Can I export what I've recorded?
What happens if ForeverNear shuts down?
Can a presence "get things wrong"?
How is this different from just keeping old videos?
Is this for living people, or only those who've passed?
ForeverNear asks a family to trust us with someone they love, so you should know who is behind it.
I built it around three rules that don't bend: permission the person signed while they were alive, a presence kept to the people they chose, and nothing live until your family has approved a test visit.
A real person reads every first message. If something here feels wrong, tell us, and we'll change it.