prometheus

According to GeekWire, AI startup Prometheus, co-founded by Jeff Bezos, has completed a $12 billion Series B funding round, with a valuation of approximately $41 billion. Investors include JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, DST Global, and Arch Venture Partners.Prometheus has dropped "Project" from its original name and is dedicated to creating what Bezos calls "general artificial intelligence engineers," using AI tools to accelerate the physical product development process from design to manufacturing. Prometheus co-CEO Vik Bajaj stated that over the past few years, they have been able to transform complex issues from design to manufacturing into end-to-end AI problems. Bezos revealed that the company may acquire some manufacturing businesses that could benefit from its technology and help improve their production processes.This marks Bezos's first CEO role since stepping down as Amazon's CEO in 2021. The company currently has about 150 employees and is headquartered in San Francisco, with teams in London and Zurich. Bezos mentioned that the product launch timeline has not yet been determined, but an early version is set to be released soon.

ChainCatcher message, the no-wallet L1 XION announces the launch of the "Prometheus Legend" on-chain celebration, which will last for several months. The event offers an immersive experience, allowing early bird users to deeply engage in XION mainnet activities and ecological projects to earn "Karma" points, and participate in daily activities, staking, competitions, art, application releases, and on-chain community activities alongside numerous users, developers, creators, and artists. Early access is now open, with the first phase limited to invited participants.XION is the first no-wallet L1 blockchain designed specifically for consumer adoption through chain abstraction technology. By implementing account abstraction, signature abstraction, fee abstraction, interoperability, and other features at the protocol layer, XION empowers developers to create secure, intuitive, and seamless user experiences. Regardless of technical background, everyone should have equal access to true ownership. Previously, the project raised over $36 million from top investment institutions such as Multicoin, Animoca, Circle, Hashkey, Arrington Capital, and Spartan.