Bezos to co-lead $6.2B AI startup Project Prometheus. Jeff Bezos is stepping back into an operational CEO role for the first time since leaving Amazon in 2021. The billionaire will co-lead Project Prometheus, a secretive AI startup that has already raised $6.2 billion to revolutionize manufacturing across computing, automotive, and aerospace industries, The New York Times reported. This marks one of the largest early-stage funding rounds in startup history and signals Bezos's bet on AI transforming physical production. #JeffBezos #ProjectPrometheus #AIRevolution #StartupNews #TechLeadership https://www.perplexity.ai/...

Gates warned Nadella he'd burn $1 billion on OpenAI bet Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed that Bill Gates initially warned him the company would "burn this billion dollars" when he proposed investing in OpenAI in 2019, despite what has become one of tech's most profitable partnerships worth $135 billion today. Speaking on the tech-focused YouTube show TPBN this week, Nadella disclosed that securing board approval for the initial $1 billion OpenAI investment wasn't straightforward, even drawing skepticism from Microsoft's co-founder. "Remember this was a nonprofit, and I think Bill even said, 'Yeah, you're going to burn this billion dollars,'" Nadella recalled #MicrosoftOpenAI #OpenAI #AIpartnership #TechNews #artificialintelligence #AIRevolution #Azure #AzureOpenAI #AGI
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