Jeff Bezos launches AI startup Project Prometheus with $6.2 billion in funding

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has created an artificial intelligence startup called Project Prometheus, personally investing in it alongside a total fundraising of $6.2 billion. The company’s co-founder is scientist Vik Bajaj, a former member of Google X’s research team, and about a hundred specialists from OpenAI, DeepMind, and Meta have already joined the team.

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The startup aims to use AI in aerospace, automotive, and computing industries, although its location and exact launch date remain undisclosed. For Bezos, this is the first leadership project since stepping down as Amazon CEO. He sees AI as a field capable of both triggering an investment bubble and delivering significant societal benefits.

The project could become a major player in the AI market and drive technology development across several critical industries in the coming years.