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Elon Musk on Monday teased Jeff Bezos, calling the former Amazon chief executive and rival a “copycat” following a report Bezos would serve as the co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new multibillion-dollar artificial startup he is partially funding.
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos will serve as co-CEO of a new AI startup that has been partially funded by him.
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Project Prometheus has already received $6.2 billion in funding, a part of which of which has come from Bezos himself, The New York Times reported, citing three people familiar with the company, which noted the new firm is “one of the most well-financed early-stage startups in the world.”
The Time reported scientist Vik Bajaj, who previously served as a director at Google X, the tech giant’s secretive advanced research and development arm, will serve as co-CEO.
Bajaj updated his LinkedIn profile to list himself as the co-CEO and cofounder of Project Prometheus, although the startup’s profile page is mostly blank with a blacked-out logo and a description that reads “AI for the physical economy.”
Bezos has not publicly commented on the report, and his recent social media posts have focused primarily on his rocket company Blue Origin’s recent launches.
Musk—founder of his AI firm xAI—responded briefly to the news in a post on X, writing, “Haha no way” with a laughing emoji, followed by “Copy” and a cat emoji.