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Walk with Jesus.

Zoe is AI that helps you do it by text: morning, midday, and before you sleep.

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AI that helps you walk with Jesus more consistently.

Wait… can that be done? Should it? And how?

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Tony AllenPastor, building Zoe in public

The tension

AI is here whether we like it or not, and the church needs to figure out what we're going to do about it.

We think there are better and worse ways to bring AI into the spiritual life. That's why we're building in public, talking about it in public, and inviting you into the conversation (and the beta!).

We're really not interested in AI that tries to replace pastors (we are pastors, so that would be silly), fill the role of the Holy Spirit, or offer fake spiritual certainty.

But we are very interested in how AI could help people's attention turn to Christ more often. We already know AI can make a decent morning devotional. What we need is day-long devotion.

Can it help with that?

Meet Zoe.

Here's one ordinary day with Zoe.

Keep scrolling. Watch the texts arrive.

  1. Morning
  2. Midday
  3. Evening

Begin with Jesus.

Before the email and the noise, Zoe texts you a passage, a little context, and one honest question. No app, no login. Just your messages.

Return in the middle.

Zoe remembers what mattered at 7am and brings it back right when the day gets loud.

Notice and release.

A short look back before sleep: where you trusted, and the people you said you'd pray for.

Remember the people you're praying for.

Tell Zoe who's on your heart. It helps you remember to pray for them at the right moment, then asks how things turned out.

Just text something like “remind me to pray for my mom thursday”

can you remind me to pray for my mom thursday? her biopsy results come back
Of course. That's a heavy one to carry 💛 I'll check in Thursday afternoon.

  1. Zoe Today's the day for your mom's results. Want to take a minute and pray for her?

  2. Zoe How did your mom's results come back? 💛

  3. Zoe You mentioned Marcus a couple weeks ago. Still want to keep him on your prayer list?

Daily journeys for your actual life

Pick a path on fear, money, marriage, grief, or prayer. Or ask Zoe to build one around whatever you're walking through.

can we do 2 weeks on anxiety? mornings only, keep it short
Yes. 14 days at 7am, about 5 minutes each. We'll start tomorrow with Psalm 46.

Or just text Zoe what you need.

Who taught Zoe the Bible?

Fair question. Nobody built a magic Bible AI. We built the guardrails around one, and we'd rather show you than ask you to trust us.

See how Zoe handles the Bible

Real verses, checked in code.

Every quote comes word for word from the World English Bible. The AI isn't allowed to quote from memory.

Theology you can read.

Historic Christian orthodoxy at the center. Humble where Christians disagree. Your church's call on the rest.

Lines it won't cross.

It never claims God told it something, never says it's praying for you, and never stands in for your church.

Notes from the beta.

A few things people have told us since they started walking with Zoe this summer. Their words, shared with their permission.

  • “I've found a way to start and end my day with scripture. It only takes a few minutes but it helps me grow in my faith… Zoe helps me to remember and apply scripture to my life.”
    ~ Critney
  • “Zoe is a great way to consolidate your thoughts and be able to express them to God coherently… not a substitute for a relationship with God, just helping you to aim in the right direction.”
    ~ Laura
  • “There have been days where I was down and low and behold a scripture was sent and it was just what I needed to hear!”
    ~ Laurie C.
  • “These lessons and the check ins during afternoon and evening really do so much for me!!”
    ~ Colleen C.
  • “Zoe is making a difference in staying connected with Jesus throughout my day, and I notice a difference in the way I interact with others as well as my thoughts.”
    ~ Lisse
  • “I'm finding the devotionals easy to read and process after a rough night with the little one lol”
    ~ Nina P.
  • “I like that it remembers me.”
    ~ Kimberly B.
  • “I am loving the guiding questions and being able to answer throughout the day, and that there's a record of what I've highlighted.”
    ~ Bri

Try Zoe with us.

We're inviting people in small groups while we improve Zoe. Join the waitlist and we'll text you when your spot is ready.

  1. Save your spotTakes about 20 seconds.
  2. Get a text when it opensWe let people in a few at a time so we can listen well.
  3. Tell Zoe where you areA few questions about your rhythm and when you want to hear from it.

Free through Oct 14 · Beta and waitlist members keep $4.99/mo

Your phone

How private is this?

Private by default. Your conversations aren't for sale, and they aren't used to train AI.

Your conversations

Just between you and God.

Your conversations are private by default. We don't sell your phone number or messages to advertisers.

Your data, your rules.

Take your full history with you, or ask us to delete it anytime.

Behind the scenes

Not training data.

We don't use your conversations to train or fine-tune AI models, and we don't let our providers do it either.

People only look when needed.

Zoe runs on its own. If someone on our team ever needs to look at a conversation, it's to help you, fix a problem, or keep someone safe.

Want the fine print? It's all in the policy.

Read the full privacy policy
Who (or what) is Zoe?

Zoe is AI that helps you walk with Jesus through Scripture, prayer, reflection, and small moments of follow-through.

It lives in your texts, so there isn't an app to remember or another dashboard to manage. You just text it like you would text a normal contact in your phone, except it's AI.

Which is weird. We get that. That's partly why we're building this carefully and asking thoughtful Christ followers to help us figure out whether there's something here that can actually serve people well.

Are you trying to replace the Holy Spirit?

We think there is a huge, enormous difference between the Holy Spirit, third person of the Trinity, living and active God of the universe, presently indwelling in every believer and... code.

AI is code. It's cool code. It's useful code. But it's not alive, and Zoe will never pretend to be.

We DON'T want to build something that tries to fill the role of the Holy Spirit in anyone's life.

Far from it.

We want to see if we can leverage the latest tech to help people pay MORE attention to how God is active in their lives, and what the Holy Spirit is doing in and through them.

We get the concern though, and it's something we try to build carefully for.

Is Zoe conscious?

No. There's no breath in it — no feelings, no soul, no inner life. Code all the way down. The Bible's own word for made things is that 'there is no breath in them' (Psalm 135), and we build Zoe to say that about itself, gladly. You're the one carrying the breath of life. Zoe's whole job is pointing you back to the God who gave it to you.

What kind of messages will I get?

Mostly short morning texts around Scripture and prayer, with occasional follow-ups when you've asked Zoe to remember something.

So, for example, if you tell Zoe you're praying for your kid, your job interview, your anxiety, your marriage, your grief, or whatever else is actually happening in your life, Zoe can help you remember to bring that back to God later.

You can ask for less, pause, change timing, or text STOP anytime. No weird guilt trip.

Do humans at Zoe read my messages?

Not as a normal practice.

During beta, a small team may review flagged bugs, feedback, safety issues, or support problems so we can fix the product.

So if you send feedback, report a bug, thumbs-down a message, or something breaks, a human may look at the relevant context so we can understand what happened.

The posture is restraint, not snooping.

How much does Zoe cost?

The beta is free through October 14.

The only thing we ask is that you honestly consider what would make a tool like Zoe useful to you in your walk with Jesus and give us the feedback we need to build something awesome.

Starting October 15, Zoe becomes a paid subscription, because AI messages, phone delivery, and infrastructure cost real money. Beta members and everyone on the waitlist keep a founding price of $4.99/month.

No surprise charges. No sneaky nonsense.

Can my church use Zoe?

Yes, eventually, and it's a big part of why we're building this.

The church-facing side of Zoe allows churches to set up their own statements of faith, theological guardrails, and other boundaries, then extend their teaching beyond Sunday morning to each day of the week.

But we want to be really careful here. The church version should help pastors support people Monday through Saturday without turning private spiritual life into surveillance.

You're in control.Text STOP anytime. No hard feelings.

Feedback gets read.I read beta feedback.

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Toward Him daily.

Zoe is free during the beta, through October 14. Beta and waitlist members keep a founding price of $4.99/month after that.

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