Jeff Bezos’ Ai Startup Aims To Build An ‘artificial General Engineer’

Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos says his caller AI startup will activity toward processing an “artificial wide engineer,” according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. The startup, called Prometheus, intends to create AI-powered engineering devices to assistance successful nan creation of beingness products.

The NYT first reported connected Prometheus past November, but now Bezos is sharing much accusation astir nan startup aft a $12 cardinal backing round, putting nan institution astatine a $41 cardinal valuation. Bezos serves arsenic co-CEO of Prometheus alongside Vik Bajaj, who co-founded Alphabet’s health-focused investigation group, Verily. The startup presently has astir 150 employees.

The devices Prometheus intends to build could thief create beingness products crossed respective industries, including robotics, supplier design, and manufacturing, nan NYT reports. “Blue Origin is simply a cleanable illustration of a institution that could use from nan devices that Prometheus is building,” Bezos tells nan NYT. “Any institution that is building blase devices — for illustration rocket engines — would use greatly from this benignant of technology.”