Bezos Just Dropped $12 Billion on a Dream to Automate the Physical World
Let's talk about silly money. Jeff Bezos just backed a massive $12 billion funding round for an AI startup called Prometheus. Yes, billion with a "B". That rocket-strapped cash injection immediately pushes the physical AI company to a staggering $41 billion valuation. It is a number that defies financial gravity.
When TechCrunch broke the news, the tech industry did what it always does. It gasped, it tweeted, and then it started arguing about whether we are living in the biggest financial bubble of our lives. We probably are. But this time, the money is chasing something much more interesting than a chatbot that writes