WSJ Reference: Jeff Bezos Proejct Prometheus – New AI Startup

Reference: Jeff Bezos launches $9.5b AI start-up called Project Prometheus

Interesting Details on Jeff Bezos’ new AI startup Prometheus AI

1. Project Prometheus is focused on using AI in manufacturing. Specifically, in manufacturing of computers, automobiles, and spacecraft
2. 2 CEOs
   • Jeff Bezos – The Elon Musk loving oligarch that we all know and detest
   • Vik Bajaj – Co-founded precision health tech startup Verily, worked at Google X
3. This is first CEO role for Jeff Bezos since leaving Amazon
   • He did found space startup Blue Origin
4. Prometheus AI has already hired close to 100 AI hotshots as employees. Mostly from Open AI, Meta/Facebook, and Deepmind
5. $6.2 Billion in Funding

Lots of good coverage

1. Bezos Launches AI Startup With $6.2B In Reported Funding
2. Jeff Bezos takes co-CEO role at secretive AI startup Project Prometheus – GeekWire
3. Jeff Bezos reportedly launches new AI startup with himself as CEO | Technology | The Guardian

As you can imagine, everyone is buzzing about such a well capitalized AI startup, from such a rich person.

Thoughts on Pormetheus AI from Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj

1. It does not focus on LLMs, instead focusing on World Models
   • A good move as many experts, including Yann LeCun, feel LLMs cannot reach AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)
2. It does not focus on software, instead focusing on hardware
   • Another good move
3. $6.2 billion in funding is an absurd amount
   • Apart from Elon Musk, perhaps no one can fund an AI startup as well as Jeff Bezos
4. Interesting that Prometheus AI has already hired away 100 people from OpenAI, DeepMind, Facebook AI Labs, etc
5. Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and shared it with Humans. Seems like the opposite of what Jeff Bezos usually does
6. Prometheus was punished by Zeus with eternal torture – An eagle/vulture constantly eating Prometheus’ intestines
   • Perhaps not the best name for a company
7. Lots of opportunity for Prometheus AI, Amazon, and Blue Origin to set up their own Cyclical Circle Jerks of the type that Nvidia and OpenAI and AMD are indulging in
   • Can you imagine how much Amazon’s stock can be pumped up
   • Not the mention the type of valuation Prometheus AI could get
8. Elon Musk calling Jeff Bezos a copycat. He’s not wrong
   • At the same time, Musk is the one who started this trend of pumping up your own companies using your own companies
   • So Musk has no one else to blame if Bezos uses Prometheus AI to pull ahead of Musk in the imaginary paper money contest