Virtuous AI was founded August 2019. At roughly that time, we had been at the aftermath of Cambridge Analytica’s use of
Facebook ads to influence make a significant impact in both of the Ted Cruz and Trump campaigns. Cambridge Analytica had
employed hundreds of thousands of data points collected by Facebook to very accurately predict each user’s behavior
based on personality. As a result, distrust of the morals of Big Tech was at an all time high. Additionally, anti-trust
investigations were being conducted on Google, among their other data privacy concerns. Twitter was criticized for their
lax content policies.
The problem, Rory (Founder and CEO) believed, was mindless innovation. It was as if competitive advantage in the Silicon
Valley was revolved around exploitation of one the 7 deadly sins. Thus, Virtuous AI was formed as a solution to the
problem of innovation with the goal of understanding human virtues, using them for good, and creating a culture that can
make it easier and economic for corporations to be more ethical.