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Helmut Marko Invests in AI Service for Messages After Death
Helmut Marko has invested in an AI startup that lets people prepare messages to be delivered after they die.
The Vienna-based company, Lebensstimmen, also known as Words That Remain, unveiled the project at a press conference last week.
Users can choose who receives their messages and when, including having one played at their own funeral.
The service also includes an AI eulogist developed with Vienna cathedral pastor Toni Faber, intended to help when families want a speech or no traditional speaker is available.
The company says people will provide the messages and humans will review them, with AI use clearly identified and partners addressing privacy and security.
Marko left Red Bull at the end of 2025 after more than two decades with the organisation, and the amount he invested has not been disclosed.
Helmut Marko has invested in Lebensstimmen, an AI platform for messages people prepare to be delivered after their death.
The service lets users choose who receives their messages and under what circumstances.
The project was unveiled at a press conference in Vienna last week, with Marko and Austrian cathedral pastor Toni Faber present.
A feature developed with Faber, called the Fabertar, is intended to provide AI-assisted funeral speeches when families want them or a traditional speaker is unavailable.
The company says messages will be based on information from real people, reviewed by humans and clearly identified as involving AI.
Marko’s investment amount has not been disclosed.
- Who
- Helmut Marko invested in the startup Lebensstimmen, also known internationally as Words That Remain.
- What
- The startup is developing an AI platform for personal messages to be delivered after someone’s death.
- When
- The project was unveiled last week. The investment date is not stated.
- Where
- The project was unveiled at a press conference in Vienna.
- Why
- The service is intended to let people prepare personal messages for delivery after their death, including at their own funeral.
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Marko departed Red Bull after more than two decades with the organisation.
Lebensstimmen was unveiled at a press conference in Vienna, with Marko and Toni Faber appearing alongside the company’s founders.
- Investor
- Helmut Marko
- Startup
- Lebensstimmen, also known internationally as Words That Remain
- Launch event
- Press conference in Vienna
- AI funeral-speech feature
- Fabertar, developed in collaboration with Toni Faber
- Investment amount
- Not disclosed
What people are saying
This project is using very new technology, mainly AI. So it offers a very unique opportunity for the last will, and also the possibility that the one who died speaks personally at his funeral,
Motorsport was never left to chance; it was improved through the courage to consistently use new technologies for the benefit of people. That is exactly the attitude I recognise in Lebensstimmen.