As the latest episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank” airs, viewers are set to witness a heartwarming update from Navy veteran and TikTok personality “Patriotic Kenny.” This segment highlights his involvement with the personal storytelling platform “Remento,” which secured a significant investment from businessman Mark Cuban in March 2025. Since then, Remento has thrived in the market.
“We just hit one million stories recorded on our product,” shared Charlie Greene, the Los Angeles-based co-founder and CEO of Remento, in a conversation with Military.com. “That makes us the largest collection of self-recorded videos and audio recordings of people over the age of 60, ever.”
Remento, which launched in 2021, allows users to capture their life stories through video or audio by responding to various thought-provoking prompts. Users can also add photos to enhance their narratives, culminating in a hardcover book with QR codes linking to their audio or video stories.
The platform’s ‘Speech-to-Story’ technology converts spoken words into either a verbatim transcript or a structured narrative. “You record in audio or video, and we do the rest,” states the Remento website.
Greene notes the platform’s appeal to military veterans like “Patriotic Kenny,” who have the opportunity to share their experiences from service.
“One of the things that’s been really inspirational to me is seeing how people are using Remento in their own families,” Greene remarked. “My favorite feedback that I hear is that ‘I didn’t know my children or grandchildren were interested in these stories.'”
The Shark Tank update will also highlight a book launch event organized by Greene and Cuban for “Patriotic Kenny” at the George W. Bush Presidential Museum and Library in College Station, Texas. This segment captures Cuban’s $100,000 donation to Kenny’s non-profit, “the Patriotic Kenny Foundation,” which provides mobility scooters to disabled veterans.
“I’m on a mission, yes,” Kenny, 84, stated in a behind-the-scenes clip. “Donating scooters for veterans across the county who are in need of scooters so they can get out of isolation and do the things they need to do.”
Kenny Jary, known as “Patriotic Kenny,” relates deeply to the isolation faced by veterans and credits Remento with helping him share his story of Navy service. He describes his Remento book as a dream realized.
“Everything. The pictures. I couldn’t believe it,” Kenny said on YouTube about his Remento experience. “Tears actually came to my eyes, and I tried not to cry. But they were good tears. That book is so beautiful.”
Greene’s personal experiences also inspired the creation of Remento. After losing his father on 9/11 and facing his mother’s cancer diagnosis, he realized the importance of preserving family stories.
“I lost my dad on 9/11, and years later, after my mom was diagnosed with cancer, I realized how much of her story I hadn’t recorded,” Greene explained. “But I had the amazing blessing of growing up with two parents who loved the camcorder. So I had this treasure trove of content that I could digitize.”
Greene’s journey to Remento began as he digitized personal moments from his family’s past. A specific memory stands out: “In one video, my dad is eating a bagel the day I was born and talking about how nervous he was to get the car seat connected into the back of the car,” he recalled.
Though Greene lost his father, his mother survived lung cancer and recorded her own Remento story.
“So we sat down to talk about her childhood. And I asked her mom why am I just hearing these stories for the first time,” Greene said. “And she said ‘I didn’t think you cared.'”
Remento’s website offers potential users the chance to explore the service with test questions, such as “Did you ever move houses as a kid?” or “What games did you love playing as a kid?” The platform promises, “With Remento, a year of spoken memories becomes a keepsake book, featuring your storyteller’s voice. No writing required.”
For Kenny, the prompts proved invaluable as he shared his wealth of stories.
“It’s authentic. It’s got everything there,” Kenny said. “The pictures, even the pictures of my scooter.”
Greene finds fulfillment in witnessing Remento’s impact on families, bridging generational gaps through shared stories.
“It’s not about creating a thing for your coffee table,” Greene said. “It’s about helping families see and hear the stories, the sacrifice, and the acts of service their loved ones carried out in a way that’s being preserved.”
The latest “Shark Tank” episode featuring “Patriotic Kenny” and Remento airs on March 25, 2026, on ABC.
