How Faith and Technology Will Shape the Future of the Church with Pat Gelsinger

The AI "Gutenberg Moment" for Faith

• 💡 Pat Gelsinger views current AI advancements as a "Gutenberg moment" for the church, similar to the printing press's impact.
• 🚀 AI can accelerate mission by conquering all 7,000 languages and enabling the education of every child globally.
• 🎯 Gloo aims to be the faith technology platform, making AI capabilities suitable and useful for the faith ecosystem.

Empowering the Church in the Tech World

• ⛪ The church is a massively resourced but fragmented industry ($1.2 trillion in the US), limiting its influence in technology.
• 📈 Gloo seeks to aggregate the church's power to "show up bigger" at the tech table, influencing major companies like Google and Meta.
• 💰 The goal is to build systems that keep energy within the faith ecosystem, rather than fueling misaligned tech companies with advertising dollars.

Ethical AI and Human Flourishing

• 🧠 Emphasizes training AI models on "the good stuff" from Christian works to ensure positive and faith-aligned outputs.
• 📊 Introduced "flourishing AI benchmarks" (developed with Gallup, Baylor, Harvard) to measure models against human well-being, with surprising results like DeepSeek leading.
• ✅ The aim is for AI to cause human flourishing, moving beyond just correctness to actively promoting good.

Pat Gelsinger's Personal Journey

• 🌱 Pat Gelsinger's painful transition after 45 uninterrupted years at Intel led to a new season of investing and family focus.
• 🔑 This experience deepened his understanding of God's timing and identity beyond his professional calling.
• ✨ He now invests in companies like Gloo, aiming to make leaders successful and focus on areas of disproportionate impact.

Redefining Success and Purpose

• 🧭 Next-generation entrepreneurs increasingly define wealth as freedom and purpose, rather than solely numerical accumulation.
• ⚖️ The concept of a "balanced life" is reframed as an intentional "juggling act," prioritizing focus on different areas in various seasons.
• 🤝 AI technology offers the opportunity to unify core theological understanding while allowing for denominational customization.