Exclusive-the AI founders who walked away from Bezos-backed Prometheus to model the universe

By Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A research duo, once pitched to lead the Jeff Bezos-backed Project ...

These AI researchers walked away from Bezos-backed Prometheus project to build an AI for the real world

Two AI researchers, Anima Anandkumar and Benedikt Jenik, have launched their own startup, Accelerated Understanding, after ...

Bezos Quietly Leases 100,000 Square Feet In Oakland For Start-Up That Could Drive “Civilizational Wealth”

Jeff Bezos just signed a quiet lease on a massive Oakland warehouse for a secretive AI venture he says will reshape civilizational wealth, and nobody at the company is talking about what gets built ...
TechCrunch

Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world

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.
Ars Technica

Here’s what Jeff Bezos’ new startup Prometheus will do

In November, Jeff Bezos announced that he would become co-CEO of a new startup called Prometheus. At the time, the startup said it would focus on “physical AI”—an increasingly common term for applying ...

EquiDefi Prometheus AI SPV, LLC To Offer Artificial Intelligence Company Valued at Over $41 Billion

PRIVATE OFFERING OPEN TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS LAUNCHES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 2026 AT 9AM ET WITH A MINIMUM INVESTMENT OF JUST $10,000 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL / ACCESS Newswire / August 10, 2026 / EquiDeFi ...