US EditionJeff Bezos aims to raise $100 billion to buy, revamp manufacturing firms with AI, WSJ reports
Jeff Bezos aims to raise $100 billion from investors in Asia and the Middle East to transform manufacturing using AI from his startup Project Prometheus.
- A Wall Street Journal report says Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder, is in early discussions to raise US$100 billion for a fund to acquire manufacturers and operate alongside Project Prometheus.
- Project Prometheus is focused on improving engineering and manufacturing by building AI models for aerospace, chipmaking, defense, and automotive sectors, deploying them through a manufacturing-transformation fund.
- Project Prometheus launched with US$6.2 billion, and is pursuing up to US$6 billion more, with Bezos and Vik Bajaj as co-CEOs and David Limp on the board.
- Bezos has been meeting major asset managers around the world to raise funds, recently traveling to Singapore and the Middle East to pitch sovereign-wealth representatives, sparking social media and political commentators' concerns about jobs and automation.
- Bezos has argued AI will touch every company, including manufacturers, and Project Prometheus applies AI to physical tasks, potentially supporting his industrial ventures like Blue Origin, Bezos’ rocket company.
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