杰夫·贝佐斯首次描述其380亿美元创业公司普罗米修斯:“与机器人无关”

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贝索斯亲自澄清:神秘AI公司“普罗米修斯”专注“通用工程师”而非机器人
在周三一场采访中,亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝索斯罕见打破沉默,就其秘密初创公司“普罗米修斯计划”(Project Prometheus)的核心业务作出澄清。当CNBC记者安德鲁·罗斯·索尔金将该公司描述为“真正关于人工智能机器人”时,贝索斯当即打断并纠正:“谈论它还为时过早,但我们与机器人无关。”
贝索斯随后提供了迄今为止最详尽的公开描述。作为该公司的联合首席执行官,他透露,普罗米修斯正在开发一位“通用人工智能工程师”,并构建用于设计物理实物的下一代工具。他将其形容为CAD(计算机辅助设计)的“非常非常现代的版本”,同时坦言自己“确实过度简化了”,并重申目前不便透露更多细节。
贝索斯表示,普罗米修斯是“让我如此兴奋以至于成为公司联合CEO,并投入大量时间和精力”的项目。他补充道,该公司打造的工具将“极大助力蓝色起源(Blue Origin)”等企业,但强调它“值得作为独立的大创意而独立发展”,不应被纳入亚马逊或蓝色起源体系内。
这是自2025年11月公司成立消息曝光以来,外界首次获得关于普罗米修斯内部动向的明确线索。该公司以62亿美元资金启动,由贝索斯与前谷歌X高管维克拉姆·巴贾杰共同领导。据彭博社4月报道,该公司以380亿美元估值完成100亿美元融资,摩根大通和贝莱德等机构参投。目前团队约120人,成员来自OpenAI、DeepMind、Meta及xAI等顶尖人工智能机构,在旧金山、伦敦和苏黎世设有办公室。
此前外界报道多聚焦于普罗米修斯涉足机器人与制造自动化,部分依据来自其员工领英资料。而贝索斯此番将其明确定位为专注实体物项工程设计的工具公司,显示出截然不同——或更具体——的战略愿景。
中文翻译:
美国消费者新闻与商业频道(CNBC)记者安德鲁·罗斯·索尔金在周三的采访中将杰夫·贝佐斯的初创公司“普罗米修斯计划”描述为“实际上聚焦于人工智能机器人领域”时,这位亚马逊创始人立即打断并纠正道:“现在谈这个为时过早,但我们并非——我们与机器人技术毫无关联。”贝佐斯随后提供了迄今为止关于这家神秘初创公司最详尽的公开描述——他担任联席CEO的普罗米修斯公司正在开发一个“通用人工智能工程师”,致力于打造设计实体产品的新一代工具。他将此称为计算机辅助设计(CAD)的“非常非常现代的版本”,随后补充说“我这样解释其实过于简化了”,并重申现在透露更多细节为时过早。
贝佐斯表示,普罗米修斯是“让我如此兴奋的项目,以至于我亲自担任公司联席CEO,投入了大量时间和精力”。他补充道,普罗米修斯正在开发的工具将“极大助力蓝色起源等公司”——这里指的是他的太空企业蓝色起源。但他强调,公司“值得拥有独立的专注度”,因为它是“独立的宏大创意”,而非应当被纳入亚马逊或蓝色起源旗下。
这番言论罕见地透露出这家公司的最新动向。自2025年11月传出成立消息以来,该公司几乎完全在隐秘状态下运营。“普罗米修斯计划”由贝佐斯与前谷歌X高管维克拉姆·巴贾杰联合创立,启动资金达62亿美元。彭博社4月报道称,该公司以380亿美元估值完成100亿美元融资,摩根大通和贝莱德均为投资方。
公司已从OpenAI、DeepMind、Meta及xAI等企业招募约120名员工,在旧金山、伦敦和苏黎世设有办事处。外界对普罗米修斯的大部分报道曾将其描述为专注于机器人技术和制造自动化的公司——部分依据来自对其员工领英资料的分析。而贝佐斯周三将其定义为专注于工程实体产品的设计工具公司,这暗示了不同的战略意图,或至少是更为具体的发展方向。
英文来源:
When CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin described Jeff Bezos’ startup Project Prometheus as being “really about AI robotics” in an interview on Wednesday, the Amazon founder interrupted with a correction.
“It’s a little premature for me to talk about it, but we are not — we have nothing to do with robotics,” Bezos said. He went on to offer the most detailed public description yet of the secretive startup, for which he is co-CEO: Prometheus is developing an “artificial general engineer,” he said, building next-generation tools for designing physical objects.
Bezos called it “a very, very modern version” of CAD, or computer-aided design, adding that he is “really oversimplifying here,” and reiterating that it’s premature for him to give much detail.
He said Prometheus is “something I got so excited about that I became the co-CEO of the company, putting a lot of time into it, a lot of energy into it.”
The tools Prometheus is building will “help companies like Blue immensely,” Bezos added, referring to his space venture Blue Origin. However, he said, the company “deserves its own special focus” as “its own big idea” rather than being housed inside Amazon or Blue Origin.
His comments mark a rare hint of what’s happening inside a company that has operated almost entirely in stealth since news of its formation was reported in November 2025.
Project Prometheus launched with $6.2 billion in funding, led by Bezos and Vik Bajaj, a former Google X executive. Bloomberg reported in April that the company closed a $10 billion round at a $38 billion valuation, with JPMorgan and BlackRock among the investors.
The company has hired roughly 120 employees from firms including OpenAI, DeepMind, Meta and xAI, and operates out of San Francisco, London and Zurich.
Much of the outside reporting on Prometheus has characterized it as focused on robotics and manufacturing automation, which came in part from analyzing LinkedIn profiles of its hires. Bezos’ description Wednesday as a design-tools company focused on engineering physical objects suggests a different ambition, or at least a more specific one.
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