Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Returns To Executive Leadership To Build AI Startup Prometheus

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Jeff Bezos returned to an executive role as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, an AI startup aiming to accelerate engineering and manufacturing in aerospace and automotive. The $6.2B-funded company uses elite, ultra-lean teams drawn from OpenAI and DeepMind as Bezos applies his Amazon-era management principles.

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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.

00:02Amazon founder Jeff Bezos returned to an executive role as co-CEO of Project Prometheus,

00:08an AI startup he co-founded, according to Bloomberg.

00:12Project Prometheus aims to use AI to speed up engineering and manufacturing in sectors,

00:17such as aerospace and automotive.

00:19The startup has $6.2 billion in funding and a small team that includes hires from top AI labs

00:25like OpenAI and Google DeepMind.

00:27Bezos is applying the management principles he honed at Amazon lean teams,

00:32fast decision-making, deep operational involvement, and high hiring standards.

00:37Project Prometheus reflects a dramatic shift from Amazon's 1.6 million employee scale

00:42to ultra-lean AI ventures built around concentrated expertise.

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