Bezos’ AI Startup Prometheus Raises $12B at $41B Valuation, and the CEOs Explain What They’re Doing
The startup is building AI models for engineering and manufacturing, and Bezos said the work is compute-intensive after a $12 billion Series B round.
- On Thursday, Prometheus co-CEOs Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj announced their physical AI startup raised $12 billion in Series B funding, valuing the company at $41 billion.
- Prometheus is building an "artificial general engineer" to automate design and manufacturing of complex physical systems, from jet engines to drug compounds.
- Investors including JPMorgan, BlackRock, and Goldman Sachs backed the venture, which Bezos noted is "very compute intensive," while he argued AI productivity gains will create "labor scarcity."
- Addressing regulation, Bezos compared data centers to knives, arguing "you don't want to accidentally outlaw" tools, and clarified the startup is not building robots.
- Blue Origin will resume flights before the end of this year, Bezos confirmed, as the team rebuilds the launch site after a recent explosion.
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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 the same deep learning principles behind large language models or generative AI to things like robotics and manufacturing—but specifics were scarce. Now, with a major new round of funding, Bezos and co-founder Vik Bajaj have talked about it in slig…
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 Bezos is sharing more information about the startup after a $12 billion funding round, putting the com…
An algorithm is capable of independently designing complex physical systems—from jet engines to new medical compounds. American tech startup Prometheus is developing a fundamentally new class of AI that automates the full design and production cycle in heavy industry. The project is led by billionaire Jeff Bezos, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing TechCrunch. How the technology works Instead of creating another chatbot for generating text or image…
Is Jeff Bezos' New Startup An Even Bigger Idea than Amazon? He Tells CNBC it Will Drive 'Civilizational Wealth.'
Jeff Bezos sat down with CNBC on June 11, 2026, to make the case that his next act could become even bigger than Amazon. As co-founder and co-CEO of Prometheus, Bezos is pitching a thesis that tries to answer one question: What actually makes societies rich? His answer is invention. “What drives the wealth of ... Is Jeff Bezos’ New Startup An Even Bigger Idea than Amazon? He Tells CNBC it Will Drive ‘Civilizational Wealth.’
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