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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is stepping back into an operational role as co-CEO of a new AI startup named Project Prometheus. The startup has already raised $6.2 billion in funding and aims to develop AI products for the engineering and manufacturing sectors, focusing on ‘AI for the physical economy.’ Bezos will share the leadership role with Vik Bajaj, a co-founder of Verily and former head of Google’s life sciences division. This marks Bezos’s first major operational role since he left Amazon in 2021. Project Prometheus is reportedly one of the best-funded early-stage startups globally, with a team comprising former researchers from prominent AI firms such as Meta, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind.