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Overview
- Bezos is reported to be taking a formal co‑CEO role at Project Prometheus, marking his first operational post since leaving Amazon’s top job in 2021.
- The startup has reportedly secured about $6.2 billion in capital, with a portion from Bezos, placing it among the best‑funded early‑stage AI firms.
- Bezos would serve alongside cofounder Vik Bajaj, a physicist and chemist with past roles at Google X, Verily and Foresite Labs.
- Sources say roughly 100 employees have been hired, including researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind and Meta.
- Prometheus is described as focusing on AI for engineering and industrial uses across computing, aerospace and automotive, while its founding date and headquarters remain undisclosed and some reports note the details have not been independently verified.