Former Intel CEO Gelsinger joins religious-oriented tech firm Gloo for AI push

Stephen Nellis

Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 5:07 AM 1 min read

By Stephen Nellis

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Gloo, a Boulder, Colorado-based steadfast that offers exertion tools to Christian churches and different religion groups, said connected Monday that Pat Gelsinger is joining the steadfast arsenic its caput of exertion and enforcement chairman, wherever helium volition assistance the radical make AI tools specified arsenic virtual assistants and chatbots.

Gelsinger is the erstwhile CEO of some chipmaker Intel and Broadcom-owned VMware. Gelsinger near Intel past twelvemonth aft a clash with its committee implicit his turnaround plans.

Gelsinger's occupation astatine Gloo volition beryllium his archetypal operational relation since leaving Intel. Gelsinger, a lifelong Christian who has helmed a radical successful the San Francisco Bay country moving to grow religion rank successful the country for much than decade, antecedently served connected Gloo's committee arsenic non-executive president since 2018.

Founded successful 2013, Gloo past twelvemonth raised $110 cardinal successful maturation financing for an AI push. It is processing chatbots with a "safe search" enactment and answers grounded successful the Christian Bible.

Gelsinger volition oversee Gloo's merchandise and engineering efforts.

“Technology has the powerfulness to connect, uplift and alteration lives — but lone erstwhile built with purpose,” Gelsinger said successful a statement.

(Reporting by Stephen Nellis successful San Francisco; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)