[2] When Andrew Horn turned twenty-seven, his girlfriend, Miki Agrawal surprised him with a video montage containing clips of his family and closest friends explaining why they loved him.

This resulted in Andrew's idea to create Tribute–a "living eulogy" video-compilation service that he co-founded with software engineer Rory Petty.

[3] Founded in 2014, Tribute's activity accelerated in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it had sent over 5 million videos as of December 2021.

[4] While social distance restrictions were in effect, the site provided a way for people to connect while in-person celebrations were put on hold.

[6] Tribute's collaborative technology starts with inviting people to contribute via email, SMS or social media.