# Storytelling

**Published by:** [Ride It to the Sky](https://jared.xyz/)
**Published on:** 2026-03-31
**URL:** https://jared.xyz/storytelling-1

## Content

Last year i built an ai biographer for my parents. I wanted to capture their life stories and learn about ai voice. With my friend Avi, we built an agent that would talk to my mom and dad on the phone and it was trained to ask them personalized questions about their life. After each “chapter” was completed a separate agent would write it up Walter Isaacson style for everyone to read so people could follow along as the stories were told. Since then we have been experimenting with new ways to capture and represent stories, exploring the space between a photo/video and a written journal entry or essay. What can voice on top of a photo(s) unlock? What’s the best way to make it easy, fun, and rewarding for people to capture the moments that matter to them and their friends and family? What does storytelling as a social experience look and feel like in the digital world? These are some of the things we are trying to learn. Over the past couple of weeks I have been using the product for a variety of reasons: to capture special moments about my kids and family, to document the fun adventures and events I’ve experienced with friends, and to talk about milestones in my life. It’s the thing I am using when a simple photo won’t do the moment justice and I don’t want to write a whole thing about it. If you are interested in trying it out shoot me an email and I will add you to our TestFlight (iOS only right now). The only thing I ask is that you provide me some occasional feedback about what’s working or not working for you.

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