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Leave Them You  ·  leavethemu.com

Don't just leave them photos.
Leave them you.

We preserve a person's voice, face, stories, and way of speaking — and bring that presence home, where your family can still talk with them, ask them, and hear them laugh.

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Engagements begin at $10,000 — quoted privately after a conversation.

1–2 weeksof gentle conversation
At homeTV · computer · phone
Yours outrighton your own hardware

More Than a Recording

Photos can't talk back.
This can.

A recording plays the past. A presence stays part of the family — it remembers, it answers in their voice, and it reaches out on the days that matter.

A birthday, in Mom's words

On the morning of a grandchild's birthday, a gentle text arrives — written the way she would write it, in her warmth.

"Happy birthday, my love. I am so proud of the person you're becoming."

"Dad, how did you make it?"

Ask about the sauce, the garden, the house he built. He answers the way he always did — patiently, and with the one detail everyone forgets.

"Low and slow. And don't you dare skip the basil at the end."

Homework, the patient way

Grandma helps with homework the way she always did — never just giving the answer, always helping them find it.

"Let's work it out together. What do you think comes first?"

Hearing their laugh again

The stories, told in their voice, with their timing and their laugh — on request, on an ordinary Tuesday, just because.

"Oh, I have to tell you about the time your grandfather…"

How It Works

Four unhurried steps.
We handle everything.

01

The Conversation

We ship a capture tablet — pre-configured, one big Talk button, zero setup. Over 1–2 weeks of guided interviews, they simply talk: life stories, advice, family history, and the everyday things. No appointments to keep, no technology to learn. Afterwards, the tablet stays with the family as one of the presence screens.

1–2 weeks · at their pace
02

The Portrait

A best-look portrait and video session, directed with care — professionally lit, entirely on their terms. Their face, expressions, and mannerisms become the face of the presence, alongside the voice built from the interviews. The portrait they choose to be remembered by.

Their best look · their terms
03

The Build

The presence is built on the family's own Mac mini — bought up front as part of the engagement. It sits on our bench, privately linked, receiving everything from day one as its growing mind while we build it and prove it. It only ships home once it's right.

Built & proven on our bench
04

The Homecoming

It lives at home — on the TV, computer, and phone. The family talks with it naturally, with no technical skills needed. And it keeps learning family life: new grandkids, milestones, new stories — reaching out gently, in their own words.

Lives at home · keeps learning

The Portrait Session

Seen the way they
chose to be seen.

This is not a snapshot pulled from an old album. We direct an unhurried portrait session so the presence on screen looks like them at their best — warm, composed, and entirely themselves. Families tell us this portrait alone becomes a treasured keepsake.

Talk About a Portrait
A dignified portrait of an older woman in warm, professional light — the kind of best-look portrait created for a presence

One Complete Package

Everything included.
No tiers. No levels.

Every family receives the complete engagement — nothing held back, nothing sold in pieces.

  • ✓ Capture tablet shipped to them — pre-configured, one big Talk button, zero setup
  • ✓ 1–2 weeks of guided interview capture — stories, advice, values, and voice
  • ✓ Full voice build, in their own way of speaking
  • ✓ Best-look portrait & video session, directed with care
  • ✓ Their own Mac mini — bought up front, built and proven on our bench before it ships
  • ✓ Presence at home on TV, computer, and phone
  • ✓ Keeps learning family life — birthdays, milestones, new stories
  • ✓ Gentle texts & emails to loved ones, in their own words
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Engagements begin at $10,000 — quoted privately after a conversation.

An older couple at home in warm evening light, holding hands and laughing together

For Couples

Together,
as you've always been.

A presence can be built for both partners. Your family can talk with the two of you together — finishing each other's stories, the way you do — or with each of you one at a time. Fifty years of "we" doesn't have to become a single voice.

  • ✓ Talk to both together, or one at a time
  • ✓ Shared stories captured from both of you
  • ✓ Each person's voice, face, and manner preserved individually

After a Loss

If they've already passed,
it may not be too late.

A presence can also be built after someone has passed, from what they left behind — videos, voicemails, phone text messages, emails, letters, and other keepsakes the family can share.

We will always be honest with you: the presence is only as real as the material behind it. More of them — more voice, more words, more video — means more of them in the presence. In our first conversation, we'll look together at what you have and tell you plainly what it can become.

Tell Us What You Have
Handwritten letters, old family photographs, and reading glasses on a dark wooden table in warm candlelight

The Care Plan

Owned outright.
Looked after, if you wish.

Your family's presence belongs to you — it never depends on a plan. For families who want us standing behind it, the optional care plan is $49/month.

Updates & support

Software updates handled for you, and a real person to call when the family needs help — for as long as you're on the plan.

Nightly backups

Every night, a secure copy of their presence is held by us — for one purpose only: putting them back if anything ever happens.

Restored, never rebuilt

If the home box is ever lost, damaged, or destroyed, we restore their person onto a replacement box. Your family pays only for the replacement hardware — never a rebuild fee.

Engagements

Engagements begin at $10,000

Quoted privately after a conversation. The scope sets the final quote — extended capture, an in-person fly-out walkthrough, more family members, or presence screens in more rooms. One complete package, always. No tiers, no levels.

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Privacy & Consent

Built with them.
Never behind their back.

Consent-first, always

The person shapes their own presence while they are here — what to share, how to sound, and what to leave out. Nothing is captured or kept without their say.

It lives in your home

The presence lives on your family's own hardware, in your home — where their life happened. It is not rented from someone else's cloud, and it doesn't vanish if a subscription lapses.

You own it outright

The hardware and the presence are yours. The optional care plan adds updates, support, and backup protection — your ownership never depends on it.

Backups held for restore only

For families on the care plan, nightly backups are held securely by us for a single purpose: restoring their person if the home box is ever lost. Nothing else.

Questions, Answered Plainly

Everything families ask us first

How long does it take?+
The conversation itself takes about 1–2 weeks, at their pace — a little talking each day on the tablet we ship. After that, their presence is built and carefully proven on our bench before it comes home. We'll give you a clear timeline in our first conversation, and nothing ships until it's right.
Do they need to be technical?+
Not at all. The capture tablet arrives pre-configured with one big Talk button and zero setup — they just talk. We handle everything else: the build, the in-home setup, and the walkthrough for the family.
Can it be built after someone has passed?+
Yes. We can build a presence from what they left behind — videos, voicemails, text messages, emails, and letters. Honestly: the more material your family can share, the more of them the presence can hold. We'll review what you have together and tell you plainly what's possible.
Can both my parents be in it?+
Yes — that's our couples build. We capture both partners, and your family can talk with them together, as a couple, or with each of them one at a time.
What if the device breaks or is lost?+
If you're on the optional care plan, we've kept a secure nightly backup for exactly this moment. We restore their person onto a replacement box — your family pays only for the replacement hardware, never a rebuild fee.
Is it a subscription?+
No. The presence and the hardware are owned outright by your family, and they never stop working because a payment stopped. The $49/month care plan — updates, support, and backup protection — is entirely optional.
How much does it cost?+
Engagements begin at $10,000, quoted privately after a conversation. The final quote depends on scope — things like extended capture, an in-person fly-out, more family members, or more rooms. Every engagement is the one complete package; there are no tiers.

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Every engagement begins
with a conversation.

Tell us a little about the person. We'll reach out personally — quietly, and with no obligation.

Private and confidential. No obligation.
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✓

Thank you.

Every engagement begins with a private conversation. We'll reach out personally — thank you for trusting us with something this important.

Someday, they'll wish
they could still ask.

The best time to capture a person is while they're here to tell it themselves.

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