Age: the final frontier.

Star Trek (and TJ Hooker!) star William Shatner turned 90 on Monday, but one tech company is helping to ensure that future generations will always be able to interact with the beloved sci-fi star.

The actor best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk is creating an interactive version of himself, in the form of an AI-powered video that answers fan questions and talks back to them “so family and friends can interact with him for years to come.”

The tech company StoryFile announced their partnership with Shatner today. The company and Shatner will collaborate on the AI video, which the public should be able to interact with by May. Company co-founder and CEO Heather Maio-Smith says the video is “not an avatar, not a deep fake,” but involves the real Shatner answering questions about his life and work.

“William Shatner is going where no one has gone before,” said StoryFile Co-Founder & CEO Heather Maio-Smith in a statement. “Generations in the future will be able to have a conversation with him. Not an avatar, not a deep fake, but with the real William Shatner answering their questions about his life and work. This changes the trajectory of the future – of how we experience life today, and how we share those lessons and stories for generations to come.” 

“StoryFile Life will launch in June, bringing the world a new type of interactive storytelling that will change how we remember, how we interact, how we share stories, how we teach future generations, and how we learn, the statement continued. The technology includes the patented “Artificially Intelligent Interactive Memories System” on Conversa, which uses natural language processing and other innovative technologies. It can be used with all connected devices as well as VR/AR, 3D and alternative technological/digital platforms.”

“This is for all my children and all my children’s children and all my children’s loved ones and all the loved ones of the loved ones,” Shatner said in his own statement. “That’s my gift to you down through time.”

“At StoryFile, we believe every person’s story matters,” said StoryFile Co-Founder Stephen Smith. “Who better to show the world how StoryFile Life works than William Shatner, a man the world knows for stretching our imaginations about the future and life in this universe and beyond, a man who has always generously shared the highs and lows with us, and who has mastered the art of storytelling.” 

Fans sent the icon plenty of online birthday wishes his big day, which he reposted on his Twitter feed along with many thank yous.