"Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos seems to be getting his hands dirty once again: the billionaire is partly backing a new AI startup called Project Prometheus that has raised $6.2 billion in funding, and will take on duties as co-chief executive of the new venture, the New York Times reported, citing several sources familiar with the project. Bezos will share the position with Vik Bajaj, who previously led and co-founded Google's life sciences division."
"According to the NYT, the startup is going to build AI products for engineering and manufacturing in various fields like computers, aerospace and automobiles. Project Prometheus is focused on "AI for the physical economy", per its LinkedIn page, and the report noted that its work will resemble that of Periodic Labs, which is building technology to speed up scientific research by simulating the physical world to train AI models."
Jeff Bezos is partly backing Project Prometheus, an AI startup that raised $6.2 billion and will name him co-chief executive alongside Vik Bajaj. Vik Bajaj previously led and co-founded Google's life sciences division and co-founded Verily and Foresite Labs; he recently left Foresite to start Prometheus. Project Prometheus will build AI products for engineering and manufacturing across computers, aerospace, and automobiles, focusing on "AI for the physical economy" and aiming to simulate the physical world to train AI models. The company has nearly 100 staff, including researchers from Meta, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind. Bezos returns to operations after leaving Amazon in 2021.
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