Prometheus
Project Prometheus is a secretive artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Jeff Bezos and former Google X executive Vik Bajaj. The company focuses on ``physical AI``
It is building an ``artificial general engineer``—a highly advanced successor to traditional computer-aided design (CAD) software designed to help engineers create physical objects like computers, cars, and spacecraft
Seven Rivers Capital and its investors own Prometheus thru Investment Fund shares
Core Offerings:
- Funding & Valuation: The startup launched with $6.2 billion in funding. It raised an additional $10 billion mega-round, pushing its valuation to roughly $38 billion.
- Investors: Backing for its funding rounds includes Wall Street heavyweights like JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock.
- Leadership Structure: Bezos serves as co-Chief Executive Officer alongside Vik Bajaj, marking Bezos’s first direct operational role since he stepped down as Amazon’s CEO in 2021.
Technology & Operations
- Scope: Bezos clarified in May 2026 that the company is “nothing to do with robotics,” and is instead completely focused on software for engineering and manufacturing.
- Acquisitions & Talent: The company acquired agentic AI startup General Agents—bringing in key founders from DeepMind, Tesla, and OpenAI. It has poached around 120 experts from top-tier AI labs like Meta and xAI.
- Broader Strategy: The startup feeds into Bezos’s broader ambitions in the physical and aerospace sectors and is anticipated to provide tools to companies disrupted by the next wave of industrial AI.
From the Founder of Amazon:
- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos shrugged off concerns of a looming artificial intelligence bubble.
- Bezos told that even if an AI bubble emerges, “a lot of the investment is going to turn out to be very healthy.”
- After stepping down as CEO of Amazon in 2021, Bezos founded rocket company Blue Origin, and he’s since launched a new AI startup, called Project Prometheus.
