Draft:Trustworthy (digital vault)

Trustworthy is designed to help households consolidate and protect their most important information in a secure, shareable digital environment. {{cite web

|title=What Is a Digital Vault, and Do I Need One?

|url=https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2025/digital-vault.html

|website=AARP

|date=2025-03-21

|access-date=2025-05-22

}}

It supports collaborative planning and long-term organization for topics such as estate planning, caregiving, homeownership, travel, and family logistics. Users can invite family members, attorneys, or financial advisors and assign them custom access permissions.

• AI-powered organization: Automatically summarizes and categorizes uploaded documents.
• Trustworthy Inbox and Autopilot: Users can forward documents via email; the system auto-processes and organizes them.{{cite news

|last=Witkowski

|first=Rachel

|title=Tech spotlight: How Trustworthy gets people to store life's data

|url=https://www.financial-planning.com/news/trustworthy-expands-its-data-vault-from-households-to-advisors

|website=Financial Planning

|date=2024-07-19 |access-date=2025-05-22

}}

• Secure sharing: Generates time-limited, permission-controlled links.
• Collaboration tools: Allows role-based permissions for family members and professionals.
• Automated reminders: Notifies users of upcoming document expirations and renewals (e.g., IDs, insurance).
• Mobile access: Use your account and upload documents from anywhere.

Security measures include:

• Bank-level encryption.{{cite news

|title=Tech Gadgets for Stress Awareness Month

|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/tech-gadgets-for-stress-awareness-month-tech-talk/

|website=CBS News Los Angeles

|author=Jessica Naziri

|date=2025-04-15

|access-date=2025-05-21

|quote=Mention of bank-level encryption (0:44)

}}

• Multi-factor authentication.
• Tokenized file storage.

Trustworthy was launched in 2020 by co-founders Nathaniel Robinson, Daniel McCool, and Daniel Kushner,{{cite web

|title=Trustworthy

|url=https://www.valorep.com/trustworthy-company-profile

|website=Valor Equity Partners

|access-date=2025-05-21

}} aiming to provide an alternative to offline storage or multiple tools.

Trustworthy has been featured by media outlets and independent reviewers for its applications in organizing sensitive family information and preparing for life’s logistical challenges.

Use cases highlighted by third-party sources include:

• Estate and legacy planning.
• Home decluttering.{{cite web

|title=5 Home Organizing Trends Experts Want You to Use in 2025

|url=https://www.bhg.com/organizing-trend-predictions-2025-8765465

|website=Better Homes & Gardens

|date=2025-01-06

|access-date=2025-05-20}}

• Organizing children's records.
• Organizing documents to buy a home or property.
• Preserving documents in case of a disaster.{{cite web

|last=Rubin

|first=Julia

|title=Tips on overcoming the loss of cherished, personal belongings in disasters

|url=https://apnews.com/article/how-to-rebuild-memories-after-disaster-4b2a9d14f342b61af3958a001ee57f7c

|website=The Associated Press

|date=2025-01-23

|access-date=2025-05-21}}

• Working with professional organizers.

Trustworthy has been positively reviewed by financial experts and digital organization professionals:

In an April 2025 segment on CBS News Los Angeles, tech expert Jessica Naziri called Trustworthy "amazing"{{cite news |title=Tech Gadgets for Stress Awareness Month

|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/tech-gadgets-for-stress-awareness-month-tech-talk/

|website=CBS News Los Angeles

|author=Jessica Naziri

|date=2025-04-15

|access-date=2025-05-21

|quote=Mention of Trustworthy as amazing (0:28)

}} and highlighted how the platform eliminates "guesswork"{{cite news |title=Tech Gadgets for Stress Awareness Month

|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/tech-gadgets-for-stress-awareness-month-tech-talk/

|website=CBS News Los Angeles

|author=Jessica Naziri

|date=2025-04-15

|access-date=2025-05-21

|quote=Mention of no guesswork (1:08).

}} about where to find essential documents. She described it as a digital vault with bank-level encryption that helps families safeguard and access critical information.

Trustworthy was also included in Forbes' 2023 Family Office Software Roundup, which highlighted tools designed for modern families and their advisors.

Fast Company included Trustworthy as an Honorable Mention in its 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards in the personal finance category.{{cite web

|title=5 Clever Innovations That Help Personal Finance Make More Sense

|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91076529/personal-finance-world-changing-ideas-2024

|website=Fast Company

|date=2024-05-14

|access-date=2025-05-21

}}

In a 2025 article by The Associated Press offering advice on recovering from disasters, Trustworthy was recommended as a tool for cataloging and digitizing sentimental belongings alongside services like FairSplit and Artifcts.

Better Homes & Gardens featured Trustworthy in a 2025 trend forecast on digital decluttering, noting its growing popularity among professional organizers.

A 2023 article from Benzinga described Trustworthy as "a marvel of docketed digital organization" and recommended it for families with complex financial lives.

TechNewsWorld recognized Trustworthy as its Product of the Week in June 2024, highlighting the platform's privacy-focused use of AI and its value in preparing for life disruptions like natural disasters and retirement.

• [https://www.trustworthy.com Official website]

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