"In March, three months after being forced out of his position as the CEO of Intel and sued by shareholders, Patrick Gelsinger took the reins at Gloo, a technology company made for what he calls the faith ecosystem think Salesforce for churches, plus chatbots and AI assistants for automating pastoral work and ministry support. The former CEO's career pivot is taking place as the US tech industry returns to the political realm as a major revenue stream."
"Some of its most prominent present-day leaders have funded Donald Trump's re-election and renewed their pursuit of government contracts as the second Trump administration has revitalized religious conservatism in Washington DC. Now Gloo's executive chair and head of technology (who's largely free of the shareholder suit), Gelsinger has made it a core mission to soft-power advance the company's Christian principles in Silicon Valley, the halls of Congress and beyond, armed with a fundraised war chest of $110m."
"His call to action is also a pitch for AI aligned with Christian values: tech products like those built by Gloo, many of which are built on top of existing large language models, but adjusted to reflect users' theological beliefs. My life mission has been [to] work on a piece of technology that would improve the quality of life of every human on the planet and hasten the coming of Christ's return, he said."
Patrick Gelsinger joined Gloo after leaving Intel to lead the development of faith-focused technology and Christian-aligned AI. Gloo provides CRM-like tools, chatbots and AI assistants designed to automate pastoral duties and support ministry work. The company reports serving over 140,000 faith, ministry and non-profit leaders while remaining far smaller than mainstream AI platforms. The move comes amid renewed tech industry political engagement and pursuit of government contracts as religious conservatism gains influence in Washington. Gelsinger frames the effort as both improving human quality of life and aligning AI with theological beliefs.
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