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Their life stories.
A book your family
will treasure.

The stories you haven’t heard.
Told by the people you love.

Start their story — $9.99

How it works

No app. No emails.
Just iMessage.

Cortie is an AI biographer built for life stories. Like an old friend, it texts them in iMessage, remembers the little details and asks gentle follow-ups. They reply by voice, text or photo.

Cortie

You mentioned your dad and the porch steps. What comes back to you when you picture the two of you there?

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Transcript

The first thing I really remember about my father is the smell of sawdust on his shirt when he picked me up off the porch steps. He’d built that porch himself. He built everything himself.

After every story, a new chapter appears.

When a story wraps up, Cortie automatically writes it into their memoir—with their photos and their own voice. Family reads it anywhere with a private passcode.

Harold lifting Peggy off the porch steps, 1946

The book of

Peggy

Margaret “Peggy” Albright

Greene County, Ohio 1941 —

12 stories, told over 11 days

  • Ellen, Peggy's mother, on the farmhouse porch, around 1955
  • Harold, Peggy's father, in his workshop, around 1950
  • Peggy and Walter's road trip to the Grand Canyon, 1986
  • The farmhouse on Clifton Road, around 1952
  • Peggy in her kitchen with her two children, 1968
  • Peggy teaching her third-grade class, 1977

Stories about 6 people and places

Their voice. Still theirs.

Every voice message they send is saved with its chapter, so you can hear them tell it again.

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Peggy · My father, Harold

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Questions, answered.

Will this work for my parent?

Storytelling happens in iMessage on iPhone. They can reply with voice messages, text and photos.

Is Cortie a person?

Cortie is an AI biographer. Your loved one chooses whether to begin and can pause or stop.

What does $9.99 include?

Guided storytelling for life and their memoir online, with stories, photos and voice recordings. The printed hardcover is a separate purchase. You’ll see the full details before entering your information.

What if they don’t want to take part?

They can decline. Storytelling begins only after they choose to participate. Review the service details before you continue.

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