Omoide

A private AI biographer for your family

Give your parent a private biographer.

Omoide asks thoughtful questions and remembers earlier conversations. The stories your parent chooses to share become a printed book, with their voice preserved alongside it.

No payment today From $299

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Book design preview: a family photograph and story printed across an open Omoide biography.

A book of their own

Their stories.
In their own words.

A printed biography and their recorded voice.

Phone, web, or iPad · Nothing to install

Recording your own story? Omoide works for that too.

Phone or webNothing for them to install
Their choiceThey decide what the family sees
A book and their voiceIncluded in every edition

The questions you wouldn’t know to ask

One conversation builds on the last.

A first job. An unexpected move. Someone they haven’t mentioned in years. Omoide follows those details to find the stories behind them.

Remembers the details

Omoide remembers the people and stories they have already shared, so each conversation can go further.

Asks the follow-up question

A passing detail can become a whole story. Omoide asks about what they actually say.

Moves at their pace

There is room to pause, reflect, and come back to a story. The pace follows them.

How Omoide gets to know them
A conversation with OmoideIllustration

The storyteller

“I came to California in 1977. I thought I’d stay for a year.”

Omoide

“What made you decide to leave?”

A thread to return to

“You thought you’d stay for a year. What made you decide to stay?”

Every follow-up starts with something they shared.

How it works

A gift that begins with a conversation.

  1. 01
    You choose the gift

    Choose an edition, add a little family context, and send an invitation when the time feels right.

  2. 02
    They talk with Omoide

    They talk by phone or web. Omoide asks the questions and follows up across conversations.

  3. 03
    Your family keeps the stories

    They review their story first. What they share becomes a book and private family archive.

    Design preview of Omoide's premium black-cloth lay-flat biography book and archival slipcase.
    Book design preview
Design previewDesign preview of a personalized Omoide biography for Masako Tanaka, bound in black leather and resting on a family coffee table.

What the family keeps

A book that feels like them.

The way they tell a story matters. Omoide shapes their chosen stories into chapters, brings in family photographs, and keeps recordings of their voice alongside the book.

  • Edited into chapters that sound like them
  • Photographs placed in the stories where they belong
  • Reviewed and approved by the storyteller before print
  • Recordings of their chosen stories, in their own voice

Their story, their choice

Private means they stay in control.

Omoide uses the conversations to create their biography. It does not sell family stories or use them for advertising.

  • Nothing is recorded before Omoide explains that it is an AI biographer and asks for consent.
  • They can skip any question or say “Don’t ask me this.”
  • Family sees only the stories they choose to share. Full conversations remain theirs alone.
  • They can change what is shared later and review the biography before it is printed.

The founding edition

Choose their Omoide.

Every edition includes guided conversations, a printed book, and recordings of the stories they choose to share. Conversations happen by phone or web, at their pace.

Our recommendation

Signature

$499

More room for the stories behind the milestones, with photographs woven through a hardcover book.

  • 10–12 conversations
  • About 7–10 hours in total
  • Private voice archive
  • Hardcover book
  • Photographs woven in
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The Essential edition

Essential

$299

A shorter series of conversations about the people and experiences that shaped their life.

  • 5–6 conversations
  • About 3–5 hours in total
  • Private voice archive
  • Printed book
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The Legacy edition

Legacy

$1,299+

An extended biography with human editorial review, premium binding, and a slipcase.

  • 15–20+ conversations
  • Human editorial review
  • Premium binding and slipcase
  • Private voice archive
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What you're paying for

Omoide guides the conversations, follows up on earlier stories, and shapes what they share into a biography. Your family gets the book and recordings together.

If the conversations don't happen, you don't lose.

If the storyteller stops partway, we'll pause for up to a year, finish the book from what they've already shared, or refund you in full. If life intervenes, our life-event policy puts the family first.

Questions families ask

The important things, answered plainly.

Is it really private?

Omoide uses the conversations to create the biography. It does not sell family stories or use them for advertising. The storyteller remains in control of what is shared.

What if they don’t want to talk?

Nothing begins without their consent. They can decline, stop, skip a question, or say “Don’t ask me this.” Omoide never pressures them to continue.

How is this different from question-a-week services?

Omoide is an AI biographer. It asks follow-up questions based on what the storyteller says, remembers earlier conversations, and shapes their chosen stories into a biography. Before recording, Omoide explains this clearly and asks permission.

How long does it take?

The first conversation is about 20 to 30 minutes. Essential includes 5–6 conversations, Signature 10–12, and Legacy 15–20+. After the first conversation, the pace follows the storyteller.

Who sees what?

The storyteller decides. Family sees only the stories they choose to share; full conversations remain visible only to the storyteller. They review the biography before it is printed.

What happens if we stop?

If the conversations don’t happen, you don’t lose. If the storyteller stops partway, we’ll pause for up to a year, finish the book from what they’ve already shared, or refund you in full. If life intervenes, our life-event policy puts the family first.

Founding reservations open November 15, 2026

Discover the stories you never knew to ask about.

Join the early list to hear when founding reservations open. Founding reservations will be $50 and fully refundable anytime.

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