Overview
- The New York Times reported that Bezos will co-lead Project Prometheus and has invested in it, marking his first operational role since leaving Amazon in 2021.
- Vik Bajaj is identified as co-founder and co-CEO, with a background at Google X, Verily and Foresite Labs, and his LinkedIn lists the new role.
- Project Prometheus is focused on applying AI to the physical economy, including computers, aerospace and automobiles, with systems that learn from the real world.
- The company has reportedly hired about 100 staff, including recruits from OpenAI, DeepMind and Meta, and its LinkedIn notes locations in San Francisco, London and Zurich.
- Key details remain unconfirmed as Reuters said it could not independently verify the report and Bezos has not commented publicly.