Jeff Bezos’ AI startup aims to build an ‘artificial general engineer’

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Jeff Bezos is backing Prometheus, a new AI startup aiming to build an "artificial general engineer" that designs physical products. The company just raised $12 billion, pushing its valuation to $41 billion, a significant bet on whether AI can move beyond writing code into the realm of hardware design. Bezos hasn't detailed exactly how the technology would work, but the ambition is striking: replacing the human engineering process with an AI system capable of tackling the full range of design challenges. The startup, first reported by the New York Times last November, represents Bezos's latest major venture into artificial intelligence after his Amazon years.