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will reportedly serve as co-CEO of a new artificial intelligence startup, , focused on applying the technology to physical tasks, according to an article in citing anonymous sources.

Project Prometheus is reportedly launching with $6.2 billion in funding, partly from Bezos. The startup鈥檚 other co-CEO is , a physicist and chemist who most recently served as CEO and co-founder of biotech startup .

Bajaj is also known for his work at 鈥檚 the company鈥檚 lab dedicated to pursuing moonshot projects. Additionally, he served as co-founder of precision health tech startup .

Bezos, who stepped down from his longtime role as CEO in 2021, has long been active in funding and scaling startups. His best-known venture investment vehicle, , has participated in at least 115 known funding rounds since the mid-2000s, .

The Amazon founder is also famously associated with spacetech ambitions, most prominently through spaceflight startup . To date, the company says it has flown 80 individuals into space.

Project Prometheus, meanwhile, will reportedly be focusing on AI that will help in engineering and manufacturing in multiple fields, including computers, aerospace and automobiles, per the article. Its work could potentially provide technology that Blue Origin could use to further its goals for expanding spaceflight.

The company has already hired a team of close to 100 employees, according to the article,聽 including researchers affiliated with , 鈥檚 AI efforts, and other prominent AI labs.

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