CNBC

Bezos opens up about AI startup Prometheus after $12 billion raise: 'We're not being secretive'

Follow CNBC's live coverage of an exclusive interview with Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj, co-founders and co-CEOs of artificial intelligence startup Prometheus. Prometheus, one of Jeff Bezos' newest ...
Inc

Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus Just Raised $12 Billion to Create an ‘Artificial General Engineer.’ Here’s What That Would Do

A new startup, led by Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos, just raised $12 billion to build an “artificial general engineer.” Called Prometheus, the company claims a valuation of $41 billion and technology ...
CNBC

Why Jeff Bezos says he's embraced being a CEO again: It's a 'Type 2 fun' kind of job

Seven months after announcing his return to the C-suite to launch artificial intelligence startup Prometheus, Jeff Bezos is opening up about being in the top spot again. The 62-year-old billionaire ...
GeekWire

Bezos’ AI startup Prometheus raises $12B at $41B valuation, and the CEOs explain what they’re doing

Prometheus co-CEOs Vik Bajaj and Jeff Bezos speak with CNBC’s David Faber in San Francisco on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Jeff Bezos has bankrolled his Blue Origin space venture on his own, selling ...
The New York Times

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. By Cade Metz Reporting from San Francisco ...
Ars Technica

Here’s what Jeff Bezos’ new startup Prometheus will do

In November, Jeff Bezos announced that he would become co-CEO of a new startup called Prometheus. At the time, the startup said it would focus on “physical AI”—an increasingly common term for applying ...
Seeking Alpha

Bezos says AI will enhance engineers, not replace them, as his startup raises fresh $12B

Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos' Prometheus, a startup focused on building AI models for physical tasks, such as engineering and manufacturing, has completed a $12B Series B funding round, propelling ...
Wall Street Journal

Bezos Bats Down AI Job Loss Fears While Launching New Venture

Jeff Bezos said he expects artificial intelligence to create a “labor shortage in the economy,” rejecting fears that the fast-evolving technology will put humans out of work as he launches a new ...
techtimes

Prometheus AI Startup: Bezos Raises $12 Billion at a $41 Billion Valuation

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos attends a meeting between Britain's King Charles III and chief executives from the technology industry Ken Cedeno/Getty Images Jeff Bezos's secretive industrial-AI startup ...
SiliconANGLE

Jeff Bezos’ Prometheus raises $12B to accelerate industrial engineering projects

Prometheus Inc., an artificial intelligence startup co-led by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, has raised $12 billion in funding. Axios reported today that the Series B round values the company at ...
TechCrunch

Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world

Prometheus, the physical AI startup co-founded by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj, the former co-founder of Verily, Google’s life sciences unit, announced it raised $12 billion at a $41 billion valuation.
The Verge

Jeff Bezos’ AI startup aims to build an ‘artificial general engineer’

Prometheus will develop AI-powered engineering tools for robotics, drug design, manufacturing, and more. Prometheus will develop AI-powered engineering tools for robotics, drug design, manufacturing, ...