Overview
- Speaking Friday in a conversation with Exor chair John Elkann at the Vento‑organized Tech Week in Turin, Jeff Bezos said AI investment is surging to levels that could form a speculative bubble.
- He compared today’s AI financing patterns to the U.S. biotech bubble around 2000, saying such cycles can still yield lasting advances once weaker players fall away.
- Bezos said AI will touch every company by improving work quality and productivity, framing the technology as a broad business transformation.
- He described a “golden age” for space, AI, and robotics, with reports noting his investment in the generative‑AI startup Perplexity and this year’s first Kuiper satellite launches.
- Pro‑Palestine demonstrators attempted to enter the venue during his appearance, according to local reporting.