The Founder
Artist and Associate Professor, Indiana University.
Caleb Weintraub
Founder, PastPresence
Built the PastPresence platform solo across three live product lines: HEARSAY Experiences, Echoes Projects, and Reading Companions.
Work combines authored narrative design, AI character engineering, visual direction, and real-time conversational systems.
Status
Bootstrapped
Built without outside funding to date.
Output
3 live lines
Shared architecture across fiction, heritage, and education.
Focus
Authorial AI
Conversation as a creative medium with durable outputs.
For partnerships, pilots, and funding conversations:
hello@pastpresence.io