Overview
- The New York Times reports Bezos will serve as co-CEO alongside Vik Bajaj, a former Google X leader and Verily co-founder.
- Project Prometheus is described as targeting AI for engineering and manufacturing across computers, automobiles and aerospace.
- The venture emphasizes “AI for the physical economy,” aiming for systems that learn from interactions with the real world rather than only digital text.
- Roughly 100 hires have reportedly joined, including researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Meta.
- The reported war chest of $6.2 billion, partly from Bezos, would make it one of the best-financed early-stage AI startups, though core details such as product plans, headquarters and timing remain undisclosed and Reuters has not independently verified the report.