Jeff Bezos' AI startup Prometheus raises $6.2B, focuses on physical task AI models

Jeff Bezos' AI startup Prometheus raised $12 billion in a second funding round, reaching a $41 billion valuation, according to The Verge. The company is developing an "artificial general engineer" to automate the design of physical products, including heavy engineering and drug design, as reported by multiple sources. Bezos serves as co-CEO alongside Stanford professor Vik Bajaj, who previously co-founded Alphabet's Verily, per The Verge. The startup launched late last year with an initial $6.2 billion raise, according to bsky.