Jeff Bezos has taken on the role of co‑CEO at Project Prometheus, an AI‑driven startup focused on improving manufacturing for computers, automobiles and spacecraft. The venture, backed by $6.2 billion in funding that includes Bezos’s own capital, is led alongside co‑founder Vik Bajaj, a former Google X physicist and ex‑Verily executive. Project Prometheus already employs nearly 100 staff, drawing talent from OpenAI, DeepMind and Meta. The move marks Bezos’s first formal operational position since stepping down as Amazon’s chief executive in 2021 and coincides with his continued interest in Blue Origin, which recently achieved a successful New Glenn booster landing. Leer más →

Alphabet’s Verily, once a flagship "moonshot" venture exploring connected diabetes therapies and robot surgery, is closing its medical device division and laying off staff, according to a Business Insider memo. While the exact number of job cuts was not disclosed, the move follows Alphabet’s broader 2023 restructuring that eliminated 12,000 positions and redirected resources toward AI and data infrastructure. CEO Stephen Gillett highlighted past achievements such as the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor and the Stargazer VNRC drug‑targeting system, which screened 7,800 patients. Verily will now concentrate on its core mission of precision health, data, and AI. Leer más →