Jeff Bezos' Secretive AI Lab, Project Prometheus, Seeks $10 Billion Funding Round, Valued at $38 Billion

Jeff Bezos' secretive AI venture, Project Prometheus, is making waves with a massive $10 billion funding round that values the lab at $38 billion. Co-founded by Bezos in November 2025, the company has kept a remarkably low profile—its LinkedIn page is mostly blank, with only the tagline 'AI for the physical economy.' The round is backed by financial heavyweights JPMorgan and BlackRock, signaling strong institutional confidence in the venture's potential.

Project Prometheus is led by Co-CEO and Co-founder Vik Bajaj, a former director at Google's moonshot factory, X. The lab's focus on the 'physical economy' suggests it may be targeting robotics, supply chain optimization, or industrial automation—areas where AI can transform tangible industries like manufacturing, logistics, and energy. This funding positions Prometheus as one of the most valuable private AI labs, rivaling established players like OpenAI and Anthropic, despite its shroud of secrecy.