PAMA
Collaborative, AI-powered biography platform that turns scattered family memories into a cohesive life story
Bhagyashree Vaidya (INFO '26) & Sunayana Hazarika (MSIM '26)
The Problem
Families lose irreplaceable stories every day. When a loved one passes, different family members hold different pieces of their life but there's no structured way to bring it all together.
Research shows emotional memories lose specificity within 2–3 years, and the window to capture them is smaller than families realize.
Before emotional memories lose specificity
Memories spread across family members
No structured way to bring it all together
Who It Serves
Memory Keepers
Adults 35–55
Want to preserve a loved one's full story before it fades. They're the organizers — gathering siblings, parents, friends to contribute what they remember.
Legacy Builders
Adults 55–70
Want to document their own legacy for future generations. They're telling their story in their own words, while they still can.
The Solution
Create a Shared Story Page
A family creates a dedicated page for a loved one — a single place for their complete life story.
Invite Contributors
Siblings, friends, colleagues — everyone who holds a piece of the story gets invited to contribute memories, photos, and anecdotes in their own words.
AI Organizes Everything
PAMA's AI organizes every contribution chronologically and thematically into a cohesive, lasting biography — preserved forever.
Not a memorial tribute. Not a social media post.
A complete life story, told by the people who actually knew them.
Recognition
UW iSchool Startup Grant
Spring 2026 · Health & Wellness Category
Awarded $500 grant as one of eight projects selected in the Spring 2026 cohort. Recognized for innovative application of AI to a deeply human problem.
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Product Thinking
User research first: Identified two distinct personas with different motivations but a shared need for structured memory preservation
AI as organizer, not creator: The AI doesn't fabricate memories — it structures and connects contributions from real people, preserving authenticity
Collaborative by design: Multi-contributor model solves the fragmentation problem — no single person holds the complete story
Time-sensitive market: The 2–3 year memory decay window creates natural urgency and a clear activation trigger