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Jeff Bezos Launches AI Startup Project Prometheus as Co-CEO
Jeff Bezos to Serve as Co-CEO of AI Manufacturing Startup Project Prometheus
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Dominic Preston
6mo ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary
Jeff Bezos will become co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus, which he is partly funding with $6.2 billion in investment. The company focuses on using artificial intelligence to improve manufacturing processes in computing, automobiles, and aerospace industries. Bezos will help run the company alongside co-founder Vik Bajaj, a physicist and chemist.
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· 4 pulledJeff Bezos is getting a new job. He'll reportedly become co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new startup that he's partly funding.
The company's exact plans are still unknown, but its focus is on AI that could improve manufacturing in fields including computing, automobiles, and aerospace.
Project Prometheus is already one of the better funded early-stage start-ups in the world, with $6.2 billion in investment, in part from Bezos himself.
In addition to financing the venture, he'll help run the company together with co-founder Vik Bajaj.
Project Prometheus, with Bezos as co-CEO, will use artificial intelligence to improve manufacturing for computers, cars, and spacecraft.
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