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In the past week Jeff Bezos has vaulted back into global headlines with several high-impact moves that underscore his enduring ambition and willingness to re-enter the trenches. According to The New York Times and Fortune Bezos is now officially the co-CEO of Project Prometheus a new artificial intelligence company that has raised over $6.2 billion and remains shrouded in secrecy. This marks his most hands-on operational role since stepping away from Amazon, and he’s sharing the co-CEO title with Vik Bajaj—a heavyweight from GoogleX and Verily. Project Prometheus is not a typical AI startup. The company is targeting “AI for the physical economy,” a mission aimed at transforming fields like engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, and even computing hardware. Insiders at TechCrunch and Techloy report the startup has already poached major AI talent from Meta, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind, signaling that Bezos means business and plans to shape foundational tech far beyond chatbots or internet search.
The symbolism is intentional—the name Project Prometheus draws on Greek mythology signaling Bezos’s intent to ignite a new era of industrial progress, even as he acknowledges the vast risks and “bubble” energy in the AI space. At Italian Tech Week just days ago Bezos declared that there is indeed an “AI bubble,” but he likened it more to the biotech surge of the 1990s that, despite frenzy, yielded lasting advances. Describing the present as a time when “everything gets funded,” Bezos confidently predicted that the long-term benefits of AI will dramatically reshape society and industry. His optimism stood out in public dialogue with figures like Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. The launch has already triggered public jabs from Elon Musk who, referring to the rivalry in space and AI, posted about “copycat” moves, highlighting the ongoing narrative that the AI race is moving from apps to factories.
Adding to this wave, Blue Origin, Bezos’s space company, achieved a major technical milestone on November 13 with the first successful sea landing of its New Glenn rocket, launching NASA satellites toward Mars—a first for the reusable booster “Never Tell Me the Odds” and a signal to SpaceX that Blue Origin is becoming a serious long-term competitor. On the public stage Bezos has been especially vocal about moving heavy industries—factories, data centers—into space to protect Earth’s ecosystem, stating at both The New York Times DealBook Summit and on his Instagram that humanity has “no Plan B for Earth.” These comments have fueled active debate on social media, with both critics and supporters weighing in on the feasibility and urgency of off-world industrial expansion.
Meanwhile Bezos’s social media activity has spiked with congratulatory posts about Blue Origin’s achievement, and archival clips circulating of his early Amazon days have reignited a sense of his legacy. According to money.focus his recent Oscars appearance also made business gossip rounds, seen by some as underscoring Amazon’s growing influence in entertainment. In summary, the last week has been a flurry of high-stakes moves, public declarations, and big bets for Jeff Bezos—in AI, in space, and on the very future of civilization.
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