Overview
- Co-founder Vik Bajaj has listed his role as co-CEO on LinkedIn, offering the first public signal of the venture while it otherwise remains unannounced.
- The New York Times, citing three unnamed sources, reports roughly $6.2 billion in financing for the startup, with a portion coming from Jeff Bezos.
- Coverage describes a focus on applying AI to accelerate design and production in computers, aerospace and automotive manufacturing.
- About 100 employees have reportedly joined, including researchers recruited from OpenAI, DeepMind and Meta.
- If confirmed as described, this would mark Bezos’s first formal operational leadership role since stepping down as Amazon CEO in 2021.