Jeff Bezos, Prometheus
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Jeff Bezos is making one of the biggest bets in artificial intelligence history, and it has little to do with chatbots. On 11 June 2026, the Amazon founder and scientist-entrepreneur Vikram 'Vik' Bajaj brought their startup Prometheus out of stealth mode with a blockbuster $12 billion funding round that valued the company at roughly $41 billion.
Prometheus Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj sits down with CNBC's David Faber to talk Prometheus' strategy, the role AI plays in that strategy, its recent fundraising, and much more.
The new startup Prometheus seeks to build an “artificial general engineer” that can design and manufacture complex physical products.
Prometheus founders Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj believe the biggest opportunity for artificial intelligence lies beyond chatbots and coding assistants. Their startup is developing AI tools designed to help engineers design,
