Before co-founding Prometheus, Bajaj served as director at Google X, Google’s famous ‘moonshot factory,’ working closely with co-founder Sergey Brin on new technology breakthroughs.

Discover Vik Bajaj, the scientist and innovator joining Jeff Bezos at Project Prometheus to shape the future of AI and real-world technology.

Project Prometheus is developing AI tools tailored for complex, real-world physical systems, a field that aligns with Bezos's long-standing interest in space, engineering and advanced manufacturing

According to the Times, Project Prometheus already has about 100 employees poached from companies like OpenAI, DeepMind, and Meta. It also marks Jeff Bezos’s re-entrance into the C-Suite. The Amazon founder had stepped down from the company’s chief executive position in 2021; Andy Jassy replaced him.