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Jeff Bezos' AI startup Prometheus aims to build an 'Artificial General Engineer'.
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Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup, Prometheus, is working toward an "artificial general engineer" capable of helping design complex physical products such as robots, drugs, manufacturing systems, and rocket engines. The Verge reports: The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now Bezos is sharing more information about the startup after a $12 billion funding round, putting the company at a $41 billion valuation. Bezos serves as co-CEO of Prometheus alongside Vik Bajaj, who co-foun
Here's what Jeff Bezos' new startup Prometheus will do
It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.
Jeff Bezos’ AI startup aims to build an ‘artificial general engineer’
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup will work toward developing an "artificial general engineer," according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. The startup, called Prometheus, aims to develop AI-powered engineering tools to aid in the design of physical products. The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now […]
'I think these people are just wrong': Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he believes AI will bring in “multiple golden ages”, and actually create new jobs to replace those lost to the tech
Jeff Bezos again slams those who think AI will be the end of us all.
Jeff Bezos' $41B 'artificial general engineer'
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Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.
Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12 billion at $41 billion valuation to build AI that engineers physical products
Prometheus, the AI startup co-led by Jeff Bezos, has raised $12 billion in a funding round that values the company at $41 billion. Investors include JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, DST Global, and Arch Venture Partners, alongside Bezos himself. Total funding now exceeds $18 billion. The company is building what Bezos calls an “artificial general […] This story continues at The Next Web
Jeff Bezos’ AI Startup Valued at $41 Billion in Funding Round
Prometheus, an artificial intelligence startup led by Jeff Bezos, has raised a round of funding that values it at $41 billion, bolstering the Amazon.com Inc. founder’s status as a significant player in the AI boom.
Jeff Bezos Wants to Build an ‘Artificial General Engineer’
As co-chief executive of the start-up Prometheus, the Amazon founder is using A.I. to improve how devices ranging from computers to jet engines are made.
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain's 'Core Algorithm'
Jeff Bezos is backing Flourish, a new "neuro AI" startup with $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, that aims to reinvent AI by studying the brain's architecture and building systems that learn continuously while using far less power than today's large language models. The company's long-term bet is that neuroscientists and AI researchers working together can uncover the brain's "core algorithm" and eventually create brain-inspired AI that runs on a tiny fraction of curr
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under the microscope.
Carvana ties up with Bezos-backed Slate Auto as it plans new car sales
Carvana was granted a warrant to buy shares in Slate last year, according to documents obtained by TechCrunch. Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter is heavily invested in both companies.
What’s Next for Blue Origin After Rocket Explosion
Jeff Bezos was gaining ground on Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starlink. Thursday’s rocket explosion on a launchpad creates a major setback.
Blue Origin Rocket Exploded Thursday Night During Hot-Fire Test
Spaceflight Now shared their video of the explosion, which the Orlando Sentinel describes as showing Blue Origin's rocket "become engulfed in flames. The fireball expands out and covers the entire launch pad as the fuselage of the rocket can be seen crumbling into the flames." Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said on X.com "It's too early to know the root cause but we're already working to find it. Very rough day, but we'll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It's worth it.
What’s Behind the Blue Origin Rocket Explosion?
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a launchpad Thursday. Peter Elstrom explains what that means for the Bezos-backed company and its race with SpaceX. (Source: Bloomberg)
Rocket Explosion Deals Blow to Blue Origin's Space Ambitions
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said it was too early to determine the cause of the explosion and described it as "a very rough day" in a post on X. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Matt Bloxham joined Caroline Hepker to discuss the implications. (Source: Bloomber
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida
The explosion is likely a major setback for Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, and its attempt to compete with SpaceX.
Slate Auto will announce pricing and take preorders for its EV on June 24
The Bezos-backed EV startup has yet to announce final pricing for its vehicle, which is supposed to start shipping by the end of this year.
Amazon turns to Jeff Bezos' other company to do some heavy lifting
Amazon is turning a corner with its launch providers, but ULA's Vulcan remains grounded.
Slate Auto will start taking orders for its low-cost EV on June 24
The Bezos-backed EV startup has yet to announce final pricing for its vehicle, which is supposed to start shipping by the end of this year.
Blue Origin cleared to fly New Glenn mega-rocket after April mishap
Jeff Bezos' rocket company confirmed an engine failure led to the loss of an AST SpaceMobile satellite last month, but offered little detail.
Bezos’ Blue Origin Plans $600 Million Expansion in Florida
Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, will invest $600 million to expand its Rocket Park campus in Cape Canaveral, Florida, according to a statement from Governor Ron DeSantis.
'I think those people are dead wrong': Jeff Bezos slams AI naysayers, plays down job fears for young workers, and defends billionaires and Trump
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unsurprisingly thinks billionaires are doing a good job, and AI is pretty swell too.
Jeff Bezos, you were so close to making a good point
"Why is a nurse in Queens who makes $75,000 a year paying more than $1,000 a month in taxes?" Bezos said Wednesday morning on CNBC. "That's $1,000 that could help with rent, or groceries, or anything."
Google Hires Staff From Bezos-Backed Contextual AI In Licensing Deal
Google DeepMind has reached a deal to hire more than 20 researchers from artificial intelligence startup Contextual AI and license its technology, according to people familiar with the matter.
Intel and Qualcomm circle Tenstorrent as the NVIDIA-alternative trade comes due
Bloomberg reports early-stage takeover conversations with the Jim Keller-led AI chip startup, which raised $800m at a $3.2bn valuation last year and counts Bezos Expeditions and Samsung among its backers. Tenstorrent, the Jim Keller-led AI chip startup, has held early-stage takeover conversations with Intel and Qualcomm, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the […] This story continues at The Next Web
After 25 years of writing the cheques himself, Bezos is opening Blue Origin to outsiders
Dave Limp told an all-hands meeting that external funding is now on the table, weeks before SpaceX is expected to price the largest IPO in history at $1.75tn. The launch-cadence target is 100 a year. The cumulative bill so far is roughly $28bn. Blue Origin is preparing to take outside money for the first time […] This story continues at The Next Web
Blue Origin may need external funding to hit ambitious launch targets
Are the pockets of Jeff Bezos not as deep as everyone thinks?
Jeff Bezos’s representative just left the board of a startup that raised $1.4 billion on his name. The first truck has not been built.
The person who connected Jeff Bezos to one of the most ambitious electric vehicle startups in America has left its board. Melinda Lewison, who manages the Bezos family office and was listed as a director on Slate Auto’s corporate filings, has departed the company’s board months before its first truck is scheduled to roll […] This story continues at The Next Web
Jeff Bezos rep leaves Slate Auto’s board
Melinda Lewison's departure raises questions about Bezos' support and involvement with the startup at a time when the Amazon founder is now apparently focused on robotics at his new startup, Project Prometheus.
'Tens of millions of Graviton cores': AWS scores huge coup as Meta 'buys' hundreds of thousands of CPUs and infrastructure, confirming Jeff Bezos' hyperscaler as the essential backbone of the agentic AI Era in a major blow to AMD and Intel ambitions
Meta expands its AWS partnership by renting tens of millions of Graviton cores, signaling a shift toward infrastructure over direct hardware ownership.
'We should be interested in what these people are like and how they behave': these AI slop-pooping robot dogs with the heads of Musk and Bezos by the artist Beeple can be seen in a Berlin museum — and they pose nuanced questions about tech ethics
Meet the AI slop-pooping robot dogs ready for a hearty discussion on AI ethics and bias
Bezos’ Physical AI Lab Has Closed Round at $38 Billion Value
Project Prometheus, the artificial intelligence lab that Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos is leading with Google veteran Vik Bajaj, has closed a $10 billion funding round that values the company at roughly $38 billion, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Jeff Bezos’ physical AI lab is close to raising $10 billion at a $38 billion valuation
Project Prometheus, launched in November 2025 with $6.2 billion in initial funding, is developing AI systems that understand the physical world, targeting engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, robotics, and drug discovery. The round has not yet closed. Jeff Bezos is close to finalising a $10 billion funding round for his AI laboratory at a $38 billion valuation, […] This story continues at The Next Web
Jeff Bezos Nears $10 Billion Funding for AI Lab, FT Says
Jeff Bezos is close to finalizing a $10 billion funding round for his AI startup that’s developing models with the capability of understanding the physical world, the Financial Times reported.
Blue Origin successfully reused its New Glenn rocket
Today's launch of AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite aboard Blue Origin's reusable New Glenn rocket was a partial success. The New Glenn touched down on its landing pad without incident, making it the second launch and landing for the first stage booster, and officially giving Jeff Bezos a reusable launch vehicle. Unfortunately for AST SpaceMobile, […]
SpaceX, Blue Origin Compete For 'Artemis III' Mission
After Artemis II's astronauts returned to earth, "NASA has Artemis III in its sights," reports the Associated Press: In a mission recently added to the docket for next year, Artemis III's yet-to-be -named astronauts will practice docking their Orion capsule with a lunar lander or two in orbit around Earth. Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are racing to have their company's lander ready first. Musk's Starship and Bezos' Blue Moon are vying for the all-important Artemis IV moon land
A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend
This weekend's scheduled Blue Origin rocket launch is rather momentous. Success would signal an end to SpaceX's monopoly on reusable orbital launch vehicles, and set up a three-way race to make that "No Service" indicator on your phone disappear forever. On Sunday morning, Jeff Bezos' massive New Glenn rocket is scheduled to launch with the […]
The race to Shackleton Crater is on—will Jeff Bezos or China get there first?
US and Chinese landers could be operating in close proximity on the Moon later this year.
Jeff Bezos still gets paid an $80,000 salary from Amazon — but also gets $1.6 million for travel and security, and 'requested not to receive additional compensation'
Jeff Bezos only takes home $81k a year — but don't worry, he's not out of pocket.
Slate raises $650 million to make its budget electric truck
Slate Auto, the EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, raised $650 million to fund its effort to build an affordable electric pickup truck expected to start in the mid-$20,000s. The company plans on delivering its first EV later this year. The Series C round was led by TWG Global, headed by Guggenheim Partners founder and […]
Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup
Slate auto burst onto the scene in April 2025. Here is a timeline that covers its origins, backers, product, and other new details.
Oxygen Made From Moon Dust For First Time
"Breathable oxygen has been created from Moon dust," reports the Telegraph, "in a world first that paves the way for a lunar base." Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin ""announced this week that it had developed a reactor that could successfully release oxygen from lunar soil by using an electric current." Almost half of Moon dust — the thin layer of rock that blankets the lunar surface — is oxygen, but it is bound to metals such as iron and titanium... Previous work to isolate oxygen has been lab-based
How the Amazon Echo learned to talk — and listen
Jeff Bezos badly wanted a voice computer. He had been saying so publicly since the very early days of Amazon, telling anyone who would listen about why voice might make it easier and more natural to interact with technology. (And to buy stuff from Jeff Bezos.) But when a team at Amazon set out to […]
Musk wants a million data centre satellites. Bezos wants 51,600. Scientists want to know why.
The pitch is seductive in its simplicity: AI needs more power than terrestrial grids can supply, so move the data centres into orbit, where the sun never sets and the electricity is free. SpaceX, Blue Origin, and a growing constellation of startups are now racing to make that vision real. The problem, according to the […] This story continues at The Next Web
UK Startup Ignites Plasma Inside Nuclear Fusion Rocket
UK startup Pulsar Fusion says it has achieved the first plasma ignition inside a nuclear fusion rocket engine prototype -- a huge step for space travel that could cut missions to Mars "from months-long journeys to just a few weeks," reports Euronews. From the report: Pulsar Fusion revealed the milestone during a live stream at Amazon's MARS Conference, hosted by Jeff Bezos in California this week, with CEO Richard Dinan calling it an "exceptional moment" for the company. The team successfully cr
Bezos Earth Fund to Back Gabon’s $200 Million Fund for Nature
Gabon is mobilizing $200 million from the likes of Bezos Earth Fund to help protect at least 30% of its terrestrial, fresh-water and marine ecosystems by 2030.
Jeff Bezos Seeking $100 Billion to Buy Manufacturing Companies, 'Transform' Them With AI
Jeff Bezos "is in early talks to raise $100 billion," reports the Wall Street Journal, "for a new fund that would buy up manufacturing companies and seek to use AI technology to accelerate their path to automation." "The Amazon.com founder is meeting with some of the world's largest asset managers to raise funding for the project." A few months ago, [Bezos] traveled to the Middle East to discuss the new fund with sovereign wealth representatives in the region. More recently, he went to Singap
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game
"Project Sunrise" would include more than 50,000 satellites performing high-energy compute on orbit.
Jeff Bezos just announced plans for a third megaconstellation—this one for data centers
"Space-based data centers will be a complement to terrestrial infrastructure."