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Private. Generational. Forever.

Your grandparents had shoeboxes.
Your parents have Facebook.
Your kids deserve better than both.

Capsulated is a private family vault. Preserve the photos, voices, and stories that matter — kept safe for the people who matter, for generations to come.

No ads. No algorithms. No goodbye.

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A vault that actually feels like a life.

This is Cole. He started his vault two years ago. Scroll through what he's built.

Cole Beaulieu

Cole Beaulieu

b. 1993 · Timmins, Ontario

Vault active 2 years
Living biography

Cole grew up in Timmins, the kind of northern town where everyone's grandfather worked the mines and everyone's mother kept a wood stove going year-round. He left for Toronto at 19, came back at 27 with a marriage that didn't last and a daughter who lives eight hours south. He sees Maddie one weekend a month. He's the second son, the family historian by accident, and the only one who still calls his mother every Sunday

The photo wall · 48 saved
Their Words
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His story, in his own words.
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Recordings
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3 recordings
His voice, his face, his words.
Memoirs
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1 memoir
Written to the people that matter.

“The summer the lake froze early — that was the year Dad finally took me out on the ice in November, even though Mom thought it was too soon. The water under the ice was so dark it looked black. He let me drill the first hole...”

For Maddie · 6 min · written
Timeline
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8 events
Life events and places.
1993Born in Timmins
2012Left for Toronto
2020Maddie was born

Cole's vault is private. Only the people he's invited see what's inside. When his time comes, it transforms — the stories, the photos, the voice — staying exactly where he left them.

Generations

See how your family connects.

From the relatives still here to the ones who came before — and the placeholders for the people not yet on Capsulated. When two branches meet, you'll feel it.

Cole's family · 23 people across 4 generations

Our Roots

Every family has a map.

Where each person was born, where they lived, and where they are now — the places are part of the record, kept beside the people who were there.

Cole's family · 10 places across two countries

Life Story Book

The answers add up to a book.

Every answer, every interview, every story, memoir and photo lands in the same vault. Over the years, Capsulated gathers them into a print-ready book of their life, in their own words — the chapters they'd never have sat down to write.

Cole's mother · 8 chapters from 4 evenings

When the time comes

Your vault doesn't end with you. It opens.

You decide who gets what. The letters for your kids. The voice recordings for your spouse. The memoir for your grandchildren. The will, the letter of wishes, the documents that need to reach the right hands. When your trusted guardians confirm — Capsulated delivers everything you set up, exactly the way you wanted. Then your vault transforms into a memorial. Permanent. Untouchable. The candle stays lit forever.

You build

While you're here. Stories. Photos. Voice. Letters. Private documents — including the will your lawyer drafted.

It activates

When your trusted guardians confirm your passing. Content and documents delivered to the right people, exactly as you set them up.

It becomes a memorial

Forever. Untouchable. The people who loved you visit. Light a candle. Leave a tribute. Your story stays exactly where you left it.

Your story doesn't end. It opens.

Capsulated stores and delivers your documents. We don't draft your will — your lawyer does. We make sure it reaches the right hands.

For families

The only network where parents are actually in charge.

Family is safe by design. The people you've added to your family tree connect freely — they're already trusted by you. But when an Inner Circle invite comes for a child — friends, mentors, anyone outside the tree — it goes through the parent first.

The parent sees who's asking. The parent decides. Strangers can't befriend your kids. Period.

Platform
Who runs the feed?
Who controls a child's outside connections?
Who owns the memories?
Instagram
×The algorithm
×Strangers, by default
Meta
TikTok
×The algorithm
×Anyone, instantly
ByteDance
Snapchat
×The algorithm
×Strangers in "Quick Add"
Snap Inc.
Facebook
×The algorithm
×Friends-of-friends
Meta
Capsulated
The parent
Only invited family
Your family — forever

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What's inside

Built for every part of a life worth remembering.

Five pieces that work together — quiet, careful, and made to last.

Dad's stories
12 min
Maddie's birthday
video · 2:14
The summer the lake froze early...
That was the year Dad finally took me out on the ice in November, even though Mom thought it was too soon. The water under the ice was so dark it looked black. He let me drill the first hole. I remember my hands burning from the cold and his quiet pride when I didn't quit. He said the lake teaches you patience, that anything worth waiting for is worth doing right. He died the following March. I still go out every November. I still drill the first hole.
written · 6 min

Your Vault

Photos, videos, voice recordings, memoirs, and documents — kept private, kept yours, kept safely off the social-media treadmill.

— Where every photo finds its forever.

Most people would tell their stories. They just need someone to ask.

Hundreds of life story questions, waiting in your vault. Answer one when something reminds you. Skip the ones you're not ready for. Come back to them in five years when you are. Your father might answer ten in a weekend. Your grandmother might answer one a month for the rest of her life. There's no deadline. There's no end.

Some services email you one question a week, then print a book and stop. Capsulated has hundreds of questions, no schedule, and no ending.

— The questions worth asking. On your time.

Sit down with the AI. Tell it your story.

Pick a topic. Pick 20 minutes or 40. Get on camera. Capsulated's AI conducts a real conversation — listening, following up, asking the questions a thoughtful interviewer would ask. The result lives in your vault forever — not just the answers, but you saying them. Your face. Your voice. Your hesitations. The whole human.

REC
On camera
Question 3 of 12

“If Maddie asked you in twenty years why you came back to Timmins, what would you tell her?

5 min in · 35 to go

— The interview your kids deserve. Recorded by you, before you forget the answer.

Generating
Cole was the second son of a Timmins miner who never raised his voice and a Métis mother who could quiet a room with one. He learned to chop wood at seven, fix engines at fourteen, and leave at nineteen — though only one of those skills served him outside the north. He came back at twenty-seven with a marriage that had already ended in everything but paperwork, a daughter he was determined not to disappoint, and an understanding that the things he'd run from were the things worth keeping. He measures time by which dog he has — Bear from his teens, Otis through the divorce, and now Henley, who follows him from room to room

AI Living Biography

Capsulated's AI reads your vault — your stories, the life story questions you've answered, the summaries of your AI interviews, your timeline. It writes a living biography that grows every time you add something. The way you would tell your story, not the way an algorithm would summarize it. No two visits to your profile are the same. No version is final. Because neither are you.

— Ask your grandfather what he regrets. Before you can't.

For Olivia
18th birthday
14yr 8mo

Time Capsules

Letters, voice notes, and videos that stay sealed until the moment you choose. A graduation. A wedding. A goodbye.

— A letter to a future you may never meet.

Why we exist

Your memories are not the product. They're the point.

Every other platform you've ever used was designed for someone else's gain — your attention sold, your photos mined, your face in someone's training set.

Capsulated is the opposite. You pay us a small annual fee, and in exchange we protect what you put inside. No ads, no resale, no AI training, no algorithm. Ever.

This isn't a clever business model. It's the only honest one for a product that asks you to trust it with your loved ones' history.

No Ads

Not now. Not later. Not ever — even on the free viewer tier.

Your Data

Encrypted at rest and in transit. Never sold. Never used for AI training.

Stored Forever

Built on infrastructure designed for permanence — redundantly mirrored.

No Toxic

No likes. No engagement metrics. No algorithm deciding who matters.

Parents In Control

Family connects freely. But when someone outside the family tree wants to reach your child, it goes through you first. Not an algorithm. Not a moderator. You.

Real, not curated.

No filters built in. No beautification on by default. No "enhanced for clarity." Capsulated stores what actually happened — wrinkles, weather, bad lighting and all. Your real life is the legacy. Not the version of it that performs well.

You are your family's first chapter.
Capsulated is where the rest gets written.

Pricing

Simple, generational, fair.

Watching is always free. You only pay when you're ready to create.

Free
Free

View only. See the vaults you've been invited into — read the stories, watch the recordings, light a candle on a memorial. Free forever.

Founding Member
Personal Vault
$69$29/ year

Join 19 founding families preserving their story.

$29/year, locked for the life of your vault. The founding price climbs as we grow ($29 → $39 → $49 → $59 → $69) — lock yours in now.

Build your own vault. Photos, stories, voice, memoirs, time capsules, life story questions, AI living biography — every feature, no limits. Just for you.

60-day money-back guarantee

Try it for 60 days. Risk-free.

Build your vault. If Capsulated isn't worth it, tell us within 60 days and we'll refund every cent — no forms, no questions asked. Everything you've added is yours to export and take with you. Your memories were never ours to hold hostage.

Cancel anytime. Take everything with you on the way out — it was always yours, never ours.

Questions, answered

The honest FAQ.

Death & legacy

What happens to my vault when I die?
Your vault transitions into a memorial. Your designated Inner Circle is notified, and after a confirmation window, your full legacy unlocks for the people you chose. Time capsules continue to release on the dates you set. Nothing disappears.
How does Capsulated know I've passed?
Two paths. The first is an inactivity timer — if you stop signing in for an extended period, your Inner Circle is asked to confirm. The second is a death certificate upload, which skips the waiting period. You're always in control of which path applies.
Can I leave specific memories for specific people?
Yes. Every memory, memoir, and time capsule can be addressed to one person, a few people, or everyone. A letter for your daughter's wedding, a voice note for your son on his first day of school — each can wait for its moment.
What if I never named a trusted contact?
Your vault stays sealed and safe. After an extended inactivity window with no Inner Circle to confirm, Capsulated will reach out to next-of-kin paths you provided at signup. We never auto-publish. Silence is the safe default.

Connection

How does the family tree actually work?
Blood relatives share one tree. Spouses connect as bridges between trees. You're always centered on your own — every relationship is described from your point of view. Add a parent, sibling, or child, and they receive an invite to claim their place.
Can I connect with someone outside my tree?
Yes — through Inner Circle. A close friend, a chosen sibling, a partner you haven't yet married. Inner Circle access is granted by you, accepted by them, and revocable at any time.
What's the Inner Circle?
A small group of people you grant access to your vault — often relatives, sometimes a chosen friend. They can view what you've made public to them, contribute memories, and act as confirmation in the unlikely event your inactivity timer is triggered.

Practical

Where is my data stored?
On Cloudflare's global object storage, with redundant mirroring. Files are encrypted at rest and in transit. We never train AI models on your content, never sell it, and never share it with third parties.
Can I cancel my subscription?
Anytime, right from your billing settings — it stops future charges on the spot. You've then got 30 days to change your mind, and we'll remind you. Come back or export in that window and you lose nothing. Miss it, and we clear out the big media — photos, videos, recordings — since that's the part you were paying us to store. But your names, your family tree, and every word you wrote stay put, and reactivating drops you right back where you left off. Memorials? Never touched.
What happens to free viewers?
Viewers are always free. They can watch, listen, comment, and contribute memories to other people's vaults — they just can't create their own without a paid plan. We never charge someone to watch their parent's stories.
How do I get started?
Sign up, add your first photo, write your first memory. We'll walk you through building your tree at your own pace. Most people start with three or four photos and a single voice note — it grows naturally from there.

Your story is already happening.

Capsulated is where it gets remembered. Begin today — they will be here, eventually, looking for it.