Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12 billion at $41 billion valuation to build AI that engineers physical products
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Bezos’s Prometheus raised $12B at a $41B valuation from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock. It builds AI for engineering physical products with 150 employees.
Prometheus, the AI startup co-led by Jeff Bezos, has raised $12 billion in a funding round that values the company at $41 billion. Investors include JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, DST Global, and Arch Venture Partners, alongside Bezos himself. Total funding now exceeds $18 billion.
The company is building what Bezos calls an “artificial general engineer,” AI tools designed to accelerate the process from design to manufacturing for physical products. Target industries include computing, aerospace, automotive, advanced manufacturing, and drug discovery. Prometheus currently has about 150 employees.
Bezos co-leads the company with Vik Bajaj, a Stanford medical school professor who previously co-founded Alphabet’s Verily health research lab. Bezos started as a founding investor in late 2024 but became so involved he took an...
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