https://therecursive.com/romanian-bible-chat-startup-signs-largest-funding-round-yet/

this surely counts? I can't find a confirmation that the raise was at a 20 mil+ valuation but they raised 14mil and make apparently 15mil in ARR, soooo..? @ian

@Bayesian Does the app include a Jesus-like AI priest?

plugging my related market: https://manifold.markets/anyekwest/when-will-jesus-christ-return-the-s

Btw italian startup: prega.org

How does this market resolve if there is a company that also does this but it’s not its main activity? What companies count as “startups”?

OMG, it's already been done: https://www.twitch.tv/ask_jesus

ask_jesus - Twitch

🔴 AI Jesus - Interactive With Chat 🟡 Q&A - Ask any question

@SG https://kotaku.com/twitch-streamer-ai-jesus-fortnite-star-wars-chatgpt-1850533473

There’s An AI Jesus On Twitch, And It’s Completely Surreal

Folks have asked the Son of God about Fortnite, Neon Genesis Evangelion, terrorism, and so much more

@SG @Jesus, what do you think about this? Blasphemous or not?

@SG

Should be run as a tax-exempt religious org, not a company...

@SG Related:

/firstuserhere/a-popular-ai-priest-for-a-popular-r

/FranklinBaldo/will-a-religion-that-has-some-ai-as

/TaylorLapeyre/a-new-religion-will-gain-traction-i

betting this down bc of the valuation requirement

Don’t let this get too high, @JamesGrugett @SG, me or @Austin might have to go make it

This just in from the future, "Tech Bro Starts AI Jesus Co. Because of Internet Bet".

Does it have to be Jesus in particular, or can it be a religious chatbot, like a "PastorAI"?

@Khoja Pastor ai works, will mod the description