I’m working on a project called Biographer. I started building it last year as a gift to my parents. I wanted to design something that would help capture their life stories—something they’d actually enjoy using, and that would create a meaningful, shared experience for all of us.

When my dad passed away earlier this year, I put the project down. But after some time away, I’ve found myself pulled back to it. Losing him only made me realize how important this really is.

At its core, Biographer is about making it easy, fun, and natural for people to talk about their lives, starting with our parents. There are plenty of services where you gift a family member a subscription, they reply to a weekly email prompt, and a year later those answers are bound into a book.

That is not what we are building.

Here is our plan:

• Use AI to guide natural, engaging conversations that make revealing your life story feel like a game, not homework

• Turn those spoken memories into beautifully structured, written chapters in real time

• Keep families in the loop, making the process of storytelling collaborative and social

• Expand beyond text, mapping these conversations into interactive photo albums, audio documentaries, and legacy podcasts

If we do this right, the conversation itself is the product. A physical book is just raw material—one optional artifact of a much larger experience.

Right now, we are entirely focused on nailing those first two steps. To get the experience right, we are keeping Biographer completely free. We want to learn directly from you and your families about what resonates, what doesn't, and what we should build next.

And while we believe a life is far too big to fit inside a single book, we want to celebrate those who help us build this. We are giving a high-quality hardcover book to the first 500 family members who complete 30 conversations with Biographer. 

If you’ve been looking for a way to preserve your own memories, or if you want to give your parents or grandparents an experience they’ll genuinely love while bringing your family closer together, sign up at Biographer.