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Alex Jones Put Prayer in Your Pocket
A lapsed Catholic, a meditation habit and one almost comically obvious question became Hallow. Alex Jones built the first prototype for himself, then learned that millions of other people were looking for the same quiet doorway.
Steve Gatena
Steve Gatena is the founder and CEO of Pray.com, the world's #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based audio content. A former NCAA football champion who won a Rose Bowl at USC, he built and sold a fast-growing video agency (REP Interactive) and ran a $150M aerial production company (Helinet) before the death of his business partner in a plane crash redirected his life toward faith. Launched in 2016, Pray.com became a leading destination for prayer, sermons, Bible stories narrated by celebrities, and faith community, raising more than $30M from investors including TPG Growth, Greylock Partners, Spark Capital, and Science Inc. In 2025 Gatena received the LA Times Executive Leadership Award.
Pray.com
Pray.com is a faith-based audio and social app that delivers daily guided prayers, a dramatized audio Bible, Christian meditations, and celebrity-narrated Bedtime Bible Stories. Founded in 2016 and based in the Los Angeles area, it has grown into one of the most-downloaded prayer apps in the world, blending Hollywood production with congregation tools and a premium subscription model.