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Preservation Ratings

Cryonics, brain preservation, genome storage and the other ways of keeping something of a person until it can be used again, rated on eight dimensions with two weightings: continuity, what could bring the person back, and legacy, what remains of them either way

CompanyContinuityLegacySection
23andMe
Consumer genotyping and genetic ancestry service.
2935Genome
Alcor Life Extension Foundation
Whole-body and neuro cryopreservation membership organization.
6768Cryonics
Ancestry
Genealogy records, family trees, and ancestry research platform.
3338Genealogy
AncestryDNA
Genetic ancestry testing tied to family-history records.
3843Genome
Cord Blood Registry
Cord blood and tissue stem-cell banking service.
2324Biobanking
Cryo-Cell
Cord blood and tissue banking provider.
3943Biobanking
ElevenLabs
Voice cloning and synthetic voice platform.
2731Voice / likeness
Facebook
Large-scale social graph, photo, post, and relationship archive.
3134Social platform
Findmypast
Genealogy records and family-history archive.
2025Genealogy
Forever Labs
Adult stem-cell collection and storage service.
3441Biobanking
HereAfter AI
Interactive life-story capture and conversational memory service.
4551Digital afterlife
HeyGen
AI avatar and video likeness generation platform.
1822Voice / likeness
Instagram
Image, video, social graph, and performed-identity archive.
3134Social platform
KrioRus
Cryonics provider operating in Russia.
5255Cryonics
Legacy Tree Genealogists
Professional genealogy research service.
2227Genealogy
MyHeritage
Family tree, genealogy record, and DNA-linked ancestry platform.
2630Genealogy
MyHeritage DNA
Consumer DNA testing connected to genealogy records.
3640Genome
Nebula Genomics
Whole-genome sequencing and personal genomics platform.
3540Genome
Nectome
Research company focused on brain preservation technologies.
6266Brain preservation
Oregon Brain Preservation
Brain preservation and cryopreservation service.
4647Brain preservation
Replika
Personal AI companion with conversational memory signals.
2830Digital afterlife
StoryFile
Video-based interactive storytelling and legacy interviews.
4046Digital afterlife
Synthesia
AI avatar video generation platform.
2329Voice / likeness
Tomorrow Bio
European standby, stabilization, and cryopreservation provider.
5458Cryonics
X
Public-post and interaction archive for stated opinions and social behavior.
2528Social platform
You, Only Virtual
AI companion service marketed around continuing bonds after death.
2630Digital afterlife