Jeff Bezos co-leads AI start-up Project Prometheus with $6.2B backing
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- Jeff Bezos has co-founded and will co-lead the AI start-up Project Prometheus, which received $6.2 billion in funding. The company focuses on AI for engineering, manufacturing, and aerospace applications.
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Jeff Bezos has co-founded and will co-lead the AI start-up Project Prometheus, which received $6.2 billion in funding. The company focuses on AI for engineering, manufacturing, and aerospace applications.
Funding details: $6.2 billion USD (Unspecified)
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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is returning to an operational role with the launch of Project Prometheus, an artificial intelligence start-up he will co-lead alongside physicist and chemist Vik Bajaj, a former Google X researcher. The company has raised $6.2 billion in funding, including contributions from Bezos himself, making it one of the best-funded early-stage AI ventures globally.
Project Prometheus focuses on developing AI technologies to enhance engineering and manufacturing in fields such as computers, automobiles, and spacecraft. The company has already hired nearly 100 employees, including researchers from leading AI firms like OpenAI, DeepMind, and Meta.
Bajaj brings extensive experience in ambitious research initiatives, having co-founded Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences research lab, and previously led Foresite Labs, a data science and AI incubator. Bezos’ involvement signals his interest in AI applications aligned with his long-term focus on space exploration and technological innovation.
The start-up is part of a growing cohort of companies applying AI to physical tasks, robotics, and scientific discovery. By integrating AI with real-world experiments and manufacturing processes, Project Prometheus aims to build systems capable of learning beyond digital data, moving closer to autonomous scientific and engineering problem-solving.
While the company’s headquarters have not been disclosed, its $6.2 billion funding positions it to compete with major AI players like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI. Analysts note that the substantial early-stage capital gives Project Prometheus a potential advantage in the costly race to advance AI technologies with real-world applications.
Source: The New York Times
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