The Platform

Everything we're
building — and why.

Heaven.org is a phased platform. Here's what's coming, in what order, and the thinking behind every decision.

The Build Plan

Four phases. One direction.
Trust earns everything that follows.

We aren't building the whole platform at once. We're earning the right to build each layer by proving the one before it. This isn't a constraint — it's the strategy.

01
Preserve
Now — Year 1
Building Now
Core capabilities
✦Private legacy spaces — invitation only, family controlled
✦Upload photos, video, audio, documents, and written stories
✦Timeline-based organization — life chapters, not social feeds
✦Role-based access: Steward, Inner Circle, Custodian
✦Collaborative submission with Custodian approval
✦Explicit consent and permissions model throughout
What does NOT exist yet
—AI features of any kind
—Public browsing or discovery
—Social or engagement features
—AI interaction or simulation

"If this were all Heaven.org ever became, it would still matter."

02
Narrate
Year 1–2
Coming Next
New capabilities
✦Multimedia life documentary creation from the archive
✦Timeline playback — a life told in sequence
✦Optional voice narration using person's own recorded voice
✦Contextual linking — people, places, eras connected
AI role in this phase
✦Editor, not narrator — assembles from contributed materials only
✦Never improvises or speaks outside the documented record
✦All AI-assisted elements clearly labeled as such
03
Presence
Year 2–4
Future · Opt-in Only
Optional interaction modes
✦Responds to questions using only documented material
✦Maintains tone, values, and personality as documented
✦Clearly labeled as AI-assisted at all times
✦Custodian can pause or revoke interaction at any time
Hard constraints
✦Requires explicit pre-mortem written consent — no exceptions
✦Personality does not evolve after death
✦Knowledge frozen in time — limited to documented materials
✦Never invents memories or generates new beliefs
04
Discovery
Year 3+
Future
How stories get found
✦Curated paths — editor-led, theme-based collections
✦Intentional wandering — browse by time periods and experiences
✦Guided librarian AI — suggests, never pushes
What discovery is not
✦No feeds — no algorithmic ranking for engagement
✦No virality mechanics of any kind
✦No public access without Steward consent and two contributors

How It Works

Four steps from nothing
to a preserved life.

This is the Phase 1 onboarding flow — the path every family will take when they first arrive.

Step 01
Reserve a Place
Create an account and reserve a space — for yourself, or for someone whose life you want to preserve. Name it, describe it, set it private.
Step 02
Create the Space
Define the life being preserved. Key details, important periods, the shape of a person. This becomes the structure everything else is organized around.
Step 03
Invite Your Circle
Designate a Custodian and invite Inner Circle members — family and friends who have stories, photos, and memories to contribute.
Step 04
Add the First Memory
Upload the first piece of the life. A photo, a voice recording, a written story. The archive begins. The two-generation problem starts to get solved.

What Success Looks Like

The metrics we're
building toward.

We're not measuring engagement or time-on-site. We're measuring whether lives are actually being preserved — and whether families trust us enough to invite others.

These are our Phase 1 proof-of-concept targets over the first 6 months with 500–1,000 founding families.

500
Founding Families
Phase 1 target — families actively building a space
3+
Contributors per Space
Average Inner Circle members per space — proof of collaborative preservation
10+
Memories per Space
Average uploaded items per active space after 90 days
80%
30-Day Retention
Families still actively contributing one month after joining

For Developers & Investors

The technology stack.
Built to last.

Heaven.org is being built on modern, open, scalable infrastructure — not on website builders. Here's what's under the hood.

Frontend
Next.js
React-based. Server-side rendering. Clean separation of marketing and app. Long-term maintainability.
Hosting
Vercel
Seamless Next.js deployment. SSL and CDN built-in. Professional reliability with zero infrastructure management.
Authentication
Clerk / Auth0
Role-based access control. Secure, scalable. Clean integration with Next.js. Supports Steward/Custodian permission model.
Database
PostgreSQL
Relational structure for Spaces → Contributors → Memories → Permissions. Long-term archival reliability. Via Supabase or Neon.
File Storage
S3 / Supabase
Photos, audio, video at scale. Secure, encrypted. Families own all assets. Export-ready at any time.
Analytics
Plausible
Privacy-respecting. No cross-site tracking. Measures what matters — activation and collaboration, not engagement.
Email
Postmark
Transactional reliability for invitation flows, verification, and custodian notifications. Not a marketing platform.
AI (Phase 2+)
API-based
AI capabilities are integrated via API — not baked in. This keeps AI replaceable, auditable, and under control of the platform's ethics constraints.

Join the Founding Circle

Be part of what
Heaven.org becomes.

We're inviting a small group of founding families to help shape the platform before public launch. First access, no cost, no obligation.

No spam. No commitment. Just your place in line.

Thank you. We'll reach out when Heaven.org is ready for families.