By Siladitya Ray
Publication Date: 2025-11-17 19:53:00
Topline
Elon Musk teased Jeff Bezos on Monday, calling the former Amazon boss and rival a “copycat” after Bezos reportedly would serve as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new billion-dollar artificial startup that he is partially funding.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will serve as co-CEO of a new AI startup that he partially funded.
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Important facts
Project Prometheus has already received $6.2 billion in funding, some of which came from Bezos himself, The New York Times reported, citing three people familiar with the company, noting that the new venture is “one of the best-funded early-stage startups in the world.”
The Time reported that scientist Vik Bajaj, previously a director at Google
Bajaj updated his LinkedIn profile to list himself as co-CEO and co-founder of Project Prometheus, even though it is the startup
