🪦 Dead
HereAfter AI
Startup failed · Wind-down · shut down August 18, 2026
- Born
- Died
- Lifespan
- 4y 9m
- Cause of death
- Wind-down
- Killed by
- Itself
- Type
- Startup
The grief-tech pioneer that interviewed people about their lives so relatives could later ask questions and hear answers in the recorded voice — built by former journalist James Vlahos from the 'Dadbot' he made of his dying father. Vlahos left in January 2024; the iOS app was last updated in September 2023. A farewell notice appeared on the homepage in July 2026 with no deadline, telling families to email support to export recordings; by August 18 the site itself no longer loaded. ⚠ The closing date here is the day the site went dark, as no official end date was published.
Collateral damage: Families who did not email for an export lost the recordings; no self-service download existed.