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Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12 billion to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
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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.
Key facts
- 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 — This is the second fundraise round for Prometheus, which launched late last year with an initial raise of $6.2 billion
- The new funds came from Bezos himself, as well as from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock, among others
- Prometheus is building what it calls an “artificial general engineer” because the physical world creates moats that code alone cannot
Summary
The new funds came from Bezos himself, as well as from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock, among others. This is the second fundraise round for Prometheus, which launched late last year with an initial raise of $6.2 billion, . Prometheus is building what it calls an “artificial general engineer” because the physical world creates moats that code alone cannot.