The AI Afterlife: Building Your Digital Persona | Katherine(Kate) Ivanova

What if you could keep having conversations with someone after they die? That is what Pantio is building. In this episode, Kate Ivanova, co-founder of Pantio, joins host Niki Weiss to walk through how AI is being used to capture a person's voice, values, and memories into an interactive digital persona that lives on after death, and why pre-planning is the only way to do it right. CHAPTERS 0:00 AI Personas and Why a 27-Year-Old Is Already Thinking About Death 1:15 How Kate came to death tech at 27 3:12 Why her family normalized conversations about death 5:20 What Pantio captures and how the onboarding interview works 9:02 How the AI models are built and what makes Pantio different from ChatGPT 12:55 Can you build a persona after someone is already gone 16:06 Why pre-planning produces a better result than reconstruction 17:53 Making death planning feel as normal as buying insurance 19:43 How families access the digital persona and what the UX looks like 21:19 Privacy controls, data ownership, and what happens if Pantio shuts down 28:36 Data security, encryption, and the path toward local hardware storage 32:03 Kate's takeaways and where to find Pantio WHAT YOU WILL LEARN - How Pantio captures voice, communication style, and life values into an interactive AI persona while someone is still alive - Why pre-planning produces a more accurate and complete digital persona than trying to reconstruct one after death - How families access and interact with the persona, including privacy controls for different memory layers - Who owns the data, what happens to it after death, and how Pantio handles account termination or business closure - Why starting the digital legacy conversation with a personal story or memory, not a legal checklist, makes the process easier for families Start your plan and take the free assessment: https://finalplaybook.com/main-page LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/death-and-dying-in-the-digital-age/id1775499012 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2MQkOgvyPQnLEz1fO9BHkY Subscribe: @DigitalLegacyPodcast FOLLOW US Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/endevo.digitallegacy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@endevo_digitallegacy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endevo_digitallegacy/ Download the My Final Playbook app: Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=endevo.life.finalplaybook Apple App Store: [link coming soon] #deathandyinginthedigitalage #ENDevo #digitallegacy #digitallegacypodcast #myfinalplaybook Disclaimer: The Death and Dying in the Digital Age channel is for educational purposes only and does not provide medical, legal, or financial advice. Views expressed by the host and guests are their own. Always consult qualified professionals before making decisions. The channel is not responsible for actions taken based on its content. Re-uploads or ANY use of our content is prohibited.