Overview
- Prometheus closed a $12 billion Series B on Thursday that values the startup at about $41 billion and brings its disclosed funding to more than $18 billion.
- The company, co‑led by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj, says it is building an "artificial general engineer," software meant to speed the full arc of engineering work from design and simulation to pre‑production planning.
- Founders say much of the new capital will buy GPU compute and generate high‑fidelity training data because physical AI needs lab tests and simulation rather than internet text.
- Prometheus is secretive about product details but has roughly 120–150 staff in San Francisco, London, and Zurich and has recruited talent from OpenAI, DeepMind, and Nvidia.
- Executives have discussed an unconfirmed plan to raise a very large industrial acquisition vehicle to source data and customers, a move that could reshape supply chains, industrial competition, and engineering jobs if realized.