Jeff Bezos would be co-CEO of a new artificial intelligence startup, Prometheus Projectfocused on applying technology to physical tasks, according to an article in The New York Times citing anonymous sources.
Project Prometheus would launch with $6.2 billion in funding, partly from Bezos. The other co-CEO of the startup is Vik Bajajphysicist and chemist who recently served as CEO and co-founder of a biotechnology startup Foresite Laboratories.
Bajaj is also known for his work in GoogleIt is X, the company’s laboratory dedicated to pursuing lunar projects. Additionally, he was co-founder of Alphabet precision health tech startup In truth.
Bezos, who resigned from his longtime role as Amazon CEO in 2021, has long been active in financing and developing startups. Its best-known venture capital investment vehicle, Bezos Expeditionshas participated in at least 115 known funding rounds since the mid-2000s, by Crunchbase data.
The founder of Amazon is also known for his ambitions in space technology, particularly through the start of spaceflight. Blue origin. To date, the company says it has sent 80 people to space.
Project Prometheus, meanwhile, would focus on AI that would aid engineering and manufacturing in several fields, including computers, aerospace and automotive, according to the article. His work could potentially provide technology that Blue Origin could use to further its spaceflight expansion goals.
The company has already hired a team of nearly 100 employees, according to the article, including researchers affiliated with OpenAI, MetaAI efforts from and other leading AI labs.
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