About this episode
Effie Anolik shares her journey from personal loss to founding a company that innovates funeral arrangements using AI.
When Effie's dad died in 2018, she had no idea what to do other than Google "how to plan a funeral." Her journey led her to start Afterword a company that has now expanded into AI assisted funeral arrangements that earned them the 2025 National Funeral Directors Association Innovation Award. Schedule a demo of Grace AI Email me bschmidt@frigidfluid.com Follow @thefuneralcast Follow @frigidfluid Be sure to rate and review the show!
People in this episode
Host: Ben Schmidt
Guest: Effie Anolik
Topics covered
- funeral planning
- AI in funeral services
- personal journey
- innovation in funerals
- grief support
Keywords
- funeral planning
- AI funeral arrangements
- grief
- Afterword
- innovation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Afterword, National Funeral Directors Association
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