Jeff Bezos's AI startup Prometheus raises $12 billion at $41 billion valuation

The industrial AI company, which Bezos co-leads with Vik Bajaj, has hired about 150 people and is building AI systems for engineering and manufacturing

Jeff Bezos's AI startup Prometheus has raised $12 billion at a valuation of about $41 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, as the company steps out of stealth mode.

Investors in the round include Bezos himself, JPMorgan $JPM Chase, Goldman Sachs $GS, and BlackRock $BLK. The company has about 150 employees across offices in San Francisco, London, and Zurich.

The company's core ambition is the creation of what it calls an "artificial general engineer" — a system envisioned as capable of taking a........

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