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Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
Key takeaways
- Prometheus, the physical AI startup co-founded by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj, the former co-founder of Verily, Google’s life sciences unit, announced it raised $12 billion at a $41 billion valuation.
- The new funds came from Bezos himself, as well as from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Black Rock, among others.
- This is the second fundraise round for Prometheus, which launched late last year with an initial raise of $6.2 billion, according to CNBC.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
Prometheus, the physical AI startup co-founded by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj, the former co-founder of Verily, Google’s life sciences unit, announced it raised $12 billion at a $41 billion valuation.
The new funds came from Bezos himself, as well as from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Black Rock, among others.
This is the second fundraise round for Prometheus, which launched late last year with an initial raise of $6.2 billion, according to CNBC.
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