Press & media kit

Coverage of the lab and its people, recent talks, and everything a journalist needs to write about us accurately. For interviews, write to hello@hopegroup.ai.

Coverage

WBUR · NPR's All Things Considered · July 15, 2026 How one reverend helps his congregation navigate AI and faith Rev. Christopher Hope on what happens when questions about artificial intelligence start arriving at church. MassLive · June 2026 Would you take spiritual advice from a chatbot? These questions are landing in a reverend's inbox MassLive on the Dear Tech Rev column and the questions a Boston minister is fielding about AI.

Talks & appearances

United Nations · UN DESA · October 2026 Inclusive by Design: a UN DESA panel for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty The Hope Group co-hosted the panel with UN DESA, and Rev. Hope argued that the right to challenge technology belongs among our human rights.
Guardian Summit · June 2026 Guardian Summit, New Orleans Rev. Hope on AI, ethics, and community for a convening of faith leaders, technologists, and justice advocates.
United Nations · May 2026 Strategizing AI in Education: United Nations STI Forum side event Rev. Hope co-hosted and presented to policymakers from member nations on equitable technology in learning environments.

The short version, the facts, and the files.

Boilerplate

The Hope Group is a Boston ethical AI lab building privacy first software like Project Lookout and Driftwood, plus AI training and technical assistance.

Longer

The Hope Group is an ethical AI lab in Boston, founded in 2021 by Rev. Christopher Hope. The lab designs and builds software that protects privacy, audits for bias, and keeps people in control, including Project Lookout, a patent pending platform that finds and ranks funding and contract opportunities for small businesses and city partners, and Driftwood, an open source design research platform for running software betas. It also provides AI training and technical assistance to small businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies. The Hope Group is the only City of Boston certified minority-owned AI business in Massachusetts, the preferred AI trainer for the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, and an approved Commonwealth Corporation training provider. Its work has been recognized by U.S. Senator Ed Markey and the City of Cambridge, and it has co-hosted panels with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Facts

Name
The Hope Group (not “Hope Group AI”, not “a consultancy”). An ethical AI lab.
Founded
2021, Boston, Massachusetts
Executive Director
Rev. Christopher Hope
Office
89 South St, Boston, MA
Tools
Project Lookout (patent pending), Driftwood
Reach
50+ organizations served across Greater Boston
Contact
hello@hopegroup.ai

Files