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Leaked documents revealed that a Pray.com executive moderated a "Build-a-Cult" session at a private, invitation-only retreat organized by tech billionaire Peter Thiel. This exclusive networking group, known as Dialog, facilitates discussions among elite members from tech, government, and academia. [1, 2, 3, 4] REDDIT
You are referring to a leaked session from Dialog (formerly Dialogue), an ultra-exclusive, invite-only network co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel. [1, 2, 3]
The recent data leak exposed that the secretive group’s annual retreats featured a bizarre, controversial panel discussion titled "Build-a-Cult". This particular workshop was moderated by the founder of the Christian networking and audio Bible app, Pray.com. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Reports from outlets like Wired and The Nation noted that the session explored unconventional community building, examining what makes organizations or ideologies function like cults. This was part of a broader, off-the-record summit where powerful tech executives, venture capitalists, and political figures gathered to discuss topics spanning from global geopolitics to matchmaking. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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What would happen if roughly 200 members of the global elite gathered every year for a top secret retreat? What would they do? What would they talk about? Who would be on the guest list?
Well, data leaked by the Swiss hacktivist maia arson crimew (who also brought us the justice department’s no-fly list back in 2023) is shedding new light on Dialog, the private social club co-created by the former PayPal boss Peter Thiel and the angel investor Auren Hoffman.
The network has been around since 2006, and regularly gathers politicians, entrepreneurs, foreign officials, academics, Silicon Valley founders and even Hollywood folks for invitation-only retreats. In August, guests (who don’t necessarily have to be full-time members of the group) are scheduled to gather outside of Dublin for this year’s two-day affair.
And while knowledge of Dialog’s existence isn’t new, there are a few weird things we’ve discovered from this leak:
It operates a rating system for members
According to Wired’s breakdowns of the leak, Dialog grades its retreat attenders on a hidden scale, ranking them according to their wealth and fame. Everyone is assigned a grade of A, B or C, with the “C” grade being awarded to the most famous and influential.
The actor Josh Brolin is considered a VIP, and the notes on his membership point out: “His portrayal of Thanos in the Avengers series and his involvement in high-grossing films like Avengers: Endgame, which grossed over $2.79 billion, contribute to his prominence.”
But that’s not the only way attenders are judged. Most are also given a “value-add” score from 1 to 4, based on ratings from Dialog staff. If they determine a person’s “Value Add Too Low” or that they are a “Poor Culture Fit”, those members can be disinvited from events. The grades are also used to figure out what to charge for Dialog events, which can cost attenders tens of thousands of dollars. Lower-grade attenders are charged full-price roughly 70% of the time, while only about a quarter of VIPs have to shell out the bigger bucks.
It hosts some very weird sessions
Planned events range from sessions like “Bring Back Nuclear” to others focused on “Disinformation and Deepfakes”, “Contrarian AI Takes”, “Democracy Under Surveillance” and “Money (Does?) Buy Happiness.”
If you’re looking for something a little more casual and normal-sounding, the agenda also includes sessions on cult-building (moderated by the founder of the Christian site Pray.com, no less), one on “Navigating WWIII” and a session titled “How’s Your Sex Life?”
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It’s also a matchmaker?
Speaking of sex lives … Dialog has a matchmaking system that pairs members for networking and dating, according to Wired. One note shows that staff paired two members because they are “both in New York and work in government”. When introduced, each person gets shown a photo and a short bio of the other person. But Dialog also keeps a list of “do-not-pair” combinations for attenders who are spouses or who are already professional associates. Sometimes, though, there’s no stated reason why people are flagged.
How did this all get leaked?
More than the bizarre ranking system, the strange sessions and even the matchmaking, one of the most confounding aspects of all this is the fact that we know about it. Given that the group’s members include some of the world’s most culturally and politically important people, one would think that this information would be far more securely guarded.
The data exposed in the leak includes home addresses, phone numbers, emails, dates of birth, and other bio-data, as well as food allergies and the political leanings of some members.
“It’s just wild to me how this once again shows that the people who run the world are so confident in their safety that they don’t really bother with any proper operational security,” crimew, who leaked the data, told Straight Arrow. “Not even for their ‘off the record’ secret conventions where they all network and discuss our collective future.”
- Tayo Bero is a Guardian US columnist
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Steve Gatena is the founder and CEO of Pray.com, the world's #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based audio content. As a social impact company, Pray.com is driven by a mission to grow faith and cultivate community. Pray.com is the only religious app in history to become a Top 5 grossing Lifestyle app in the Apple app store.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, Gatena was an NCAA Champion. In college, he played football for the University of Southern California, where he won a Rose Bowl Championship in 2009, and for UC Davis, where he won a Great West Conference Championship in 2005.
Gatena started his first company, REP Interactive, at the age of 22. REP Interactive went on to become the fastest-growing video agency in the United States and one of the best workplaces in America according to Inc Magazine. Gatena has won more than 100 awards for his work in video & broadcast media for brands like Coldwell Banker, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Marriott Hotels.
Continuing his success, Gatena launched VideoFort, Hollywood's largest aerial stock footage manufacturer in 2012. VideoFort supplies companies like Getty, Adobe, and Shutter stock with world-class aerial footage that has been featured in blockbuster movies, including “Transformers,” award-winning TV shows such as Discovery “Planet Earth,” and a variety of major television commercials.
In 2014, Gatena was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" at the United Nations EMPACT showcase, a program sponsored by Dell and Intel. Just one year later, he sold his first two businesses and became the CEO of Helinet, a global leader in aerial surveillance systems and aerial video production.
After the tragic passing of his mentor and business partner, Alan Purwin, Gatena left Helinet to start Pray.comas the digital destination for faith. Pray.com’s website and mobile app was designed to be the easiest way to incorporate prayer into your daily life. The company became a quick success, becoming the No. 1 app for daily prayer & faith-based audio content just two years after launch. Since2017, Pray.com has been named as one of the Best Places to Work by the Los Angeles Business Journal, one of the fastest growing mental health apps by SensorTower, and one of the top companies for employee recognition by TinyPulse.