Bezos's AI startup Prometheus has raised $12 billion in Series B funding, valuing the company at $41 billion.
CoinFeed reported on June 12th, citing GeekWire, that Prometheus, the AI startup co-founded by Jeff Bezos, has completed a $12 billion Series B funding round, valuing the company at approximately $41 billion. Investors include JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, DST Global, and Arch Venture Partners. Prometheus has dropped "Project" from its original name, focusing on creating what Bezos calls "general AI engineers," using AI tools to accelerate the physical product development process from design to manufacturing. Prometheus co-CEO Vik Bajaj stated that in recent years, they have been able to transform complex design-to-manufacturing problems into end-to-end AI problems. Bezos revealed that the company may acquire some manufacturing companies that can benefit from its technology and help improve their production processes.