Project Prometheus (company)

Project Prometheus

Industry	Artificial intelligence
Founded	2025;0 years ago (2025)
Number of employees	100

Project Prometheus is an artificial intelligence startup. It was founded by Jeff Bezos, who will serve as co-chief executive. The project will launch with $6.2 billion in funding. Vik Bajaj, a chemist and physicist from Google X, will serve as co-chief executive. As of mid-November 2025, the project had hired nearly 100 employees, including researchers poached from AI firms Meta, OpenAI, and DeepMind. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Among other things, the company plans to use AI technology to improve engineering and manufacturing in the fields of computing, aerospace, and automobiles. ^{[4] [5]} It intends to apply AI to physical tasks; this requires systems that can learn not just from massive amounts of digital data, as LLMs are programmed to do, but also from real-world trial and error. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. Metz, Cade (2025-11-17). "Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
2. Constanz, Jo (2025-11-17). "Jeff Bezos brings signature management style to $6 billion AI startup". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
3. Axon, Samuel (2025-11-17). "With a new company, Jeff Bezos will become a CEO again". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
4. Titcomb, James (November 17, 2025). "Jeff Bezos launches £4.7bn AI start-up". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
5. Taylor, Guy (November 17, 2025). "Jeff Bezos launches AI start-up Project Prometheus". The Times . Retrieved November 22, 2025.
6. Goldman, Sharon (November 18, 2025). "Jeff Bezos is putting $6.2 billion—and himself as co-CEO—behind a new AI startup. Bubble? That's no trouble". Fortune . Retrieved November 23, 2025.
7. Fielding, Sarah (November 17, 2025). "Jeff Bezos will head a new engineering-focused AI startup called Project Prometheus". Endgadget. Retrieved November 23, 2025.