"Grandiosely named Project Prometheus (and not to be confused with the NASA project of the same name), the company will focus on using AI to pursue breakthroughs in research, engineering, manufacturing, and other fields that are dubbed part of "the physical economy"-in contrast to the software applications that are likely the first thing most people in the general public think of when they hear "AI.""
"Bezos' co-CEO will be Dr. Vik Bajaj, a chemist and physicist who previously led life sciences work at Google X, an Alphabet-backed research group that worked on speculative projects that could lead to more product categories. (For example, it developed technologies that would later underpin Google's Waymo service.) Bajaj also worked at Verily, another Alphabet-backed research group focused on life sciences, and Foresite Labs, an incubator for new AI companies."
Jeff Bezos returns to an executive role as co-CEO of a new AI company called Project Prometheus. The company targets AI-driven breakthroughs across research, engineering, manufacturing, and other segments of the physical economy rather than primarily focusing on consumer software applications. The name deliberately echoes other projects and is distinct from the NASA project of the same name. Bezos will share the co-CEO role with Dr. Vik Bajaj, a chemist and physicist with prior leadership in life sciences at Google X, experience at Verily, and work with the AI incubator Foresite Labs.
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