Jeff Bezos's $41B bet on an AI engineer for the real world
Jeff Bezos and former Verily co-founder Vik Bajaj just raised $12 billion for their physical AI startup, Prometheus, reaching a massive $41B valuation. The company is developing an "artificial general engineer" designed to automate the manufacturing of complex hardware like jet engines and drugs. Bezos also dismissed AI job theft fears, arguing the technology will actually cause a labor shortage.