Bezos’ New AI Ambition Draws Musk’s “Copycat” Jab

A fresh chapter in Silicon Valley’s longest-running rivalry unfolded this week after Jeff Bezos stepped back into an executive role to launch Project Prometheus, a heavily funded AI startup aiming to build advanced tools for engineering, aerospace, and manufacturing, according to the New York Times.

The venture has already raised $6.2 billion, according to The New York Times, drawing talent from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Meta.

Within minutes of the announcement, Elon Musk fired off a mocking jab on X, calling Bezos a “copycat”, a term he has used repeatedly over the past decade whenever the Amazon founder enters industries dominated by Musk.

Their competitive footprint is now massive: rockets, satellites, robotics, retail, and AI.

Prometheus marks Bezos’s first major operational comeback since stepping down as Amazon CEO in 2021, and his partnership with scientist Vik Bajaj positions the startup as one of the most well-funded new entrants in the AI sector.