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For families who want their stories to last. learn about the founding circle.

Essay

Why we built Confinity.

Social apps reward showing off. Work apps reward speed. Neither is a safe place to keep a life.

A note from the founder on what we refuse to build.

Vintage family photographs and an open photo album on a wooden table, the kind of artefact that prompted Confinity.
The artefacts that started this. A box of photographs you reach for years later.
'I wanted somewhere I could put my gran's voice and know exactly who would look after it.'Ryan, founder

The scatter

The problem we kept hitting.

The most important writing in a life rarely happens in a single app. It scatters. A half-finished note about a parent's illness. A voice memo from a child. Photos in one cloud, a journal in another, a document on a hard drive in a box. When one of those services changes or closes, finding and keeping the original can become harder.A feed, a summary and a to-do list each have a use. They are not the same as the original letter or recording. We want a place to keep those originals, with clear choices about who can see them and what happens when you leave.

What we start from

The promise we start from.

Save this. Keep it safe. Bring it back later.Every feature in Confinity, from spaces and remembrance to family invites, files and search, exists to keep that promise honest as the years pass.

Custodians & writers

Who we are building for.

For the parent writing notes their child will open one day. For the custodian making sense of a parent's papers. For the person starting a memorial space for someone they love. For the writer whose real work doesn't belong anywhere public.We are not building for the person who wants a faster note-taker. We are building for anyone who wants a lasting home for the notes that matter.

In writing

The commitments we make.

Entries and remembrance drafts start private. You choose what to share. Our policy is not to train models on your content; processing and retention limits still apply.Browser backups and account-export requests cover different records. Neither is a verified complete copy of all originals. Check the included and missing items before relying on a copy.The Trust Centre explains what we can read, what is still planned, and what a copy includes. Check those limits before relying on Confinity as the only place for an original.Read the privacy and preservation limits

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A note from the founder

Why we’re building this.

In 2022, I lost my gran. Within a year I couldn’t hear her voice. None of the apps I trusted with everything else were built for the one thing that mattered most. So we’re building the thing that is.Ryan, founder of ConfinityRead the founder memo