Bezos’ AI Startup Prometheus Raises $12B at $41B Valuation, and the CEOs Explain What They’re Doing
The startup is building AI models for engineering and manufacturing, and Bezos said the work is compute-intensive after a $12 billion Series B round.
- On Thursday, Prometheus co-CEOs Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj announced their physical AI startup raised $12 billion in Series B funding, valuing the company at $41 billion.
- Prometheus is building an "artificial general engineer" to automate design and manufacturing of complex physical systems, from jet engines to drug compounds.
- Investors including JPMorgan, BlackRock, and Goldman Sachs backed the venture, which Bezos noted is "very compute intensive," while he argued AI productivity gains will create "labor scarcity."
- Addressing regulation, Bezos compared data centers to knives, arguing "you don't want to accidentally outlaw" tools, and clarified the startup is not building robots.
- Blue Origin will resume flights before the end of this year, Bezos confirmed, as the team rebuilds the launch site after a recent explosion.
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Jeff Bezos’ AI startup aims to build an ‘artificial general engineer’
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup will work toward developing an "artificial general engineer," according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. The startup, called Prometheus, aims to develop AI-powered engineering tools to aid in the design of physical products. The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now Bezos is sharing more information about the startup after a $12 billion funding round, putting the com…
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