Artificial General Engineer by Project Prometheus: status and timeline

Milestones

Next · First design-automation models tested with partners

Prometheus founded by Jeff Bezos and Vik BajajNov 2025Complete.
Series A funding closes at $6.2 billionNov 2025Complete.
Series B funding at $41 billion valuationJun 2026Complete.
First design-automation models tested with partnersTarget 2027Not yet reached.
Product releases or licensingTarget 2028Not yet reached.

Most important updates

Upcoming

2027First design-automation models tested with partners (next)
Q1 2027First enterprise partnership announced
2028Product releases or licensing
2028AI-designed drug enters clinical trials

Current obstacles

Experimental validationEvery design needs physical testing. AI shortens iteration cycle.
Data scarcityPharma and aerospace design data locked in labs and patents.
Regulatory approvalFDA, FAA lack precedent for AI-designed products. Standards undefined.

Physics limits

Physics simulation fidelityAccurate simulation is expensive; models must trade accuracy for speed.
Generalization to new materialsNew materials and processes require retraining; transfer learning limited.

How it works

4 parts

Physics training

Real data and physical laws

Trained on experimental results and physics equations, not text.

Design space

Automated exploration

Explores candidates, simulates against physics and cost constraints.

Manufacturing

Constraints factored in

Learns tolerances, materials, production time. Avoids infeasible designs.

Cross-domain

Transfer across industries

Physics principles apply to aerospace, pharma, semiconductors.

Spec sheet

Spec	Artificial General Engineer
Total funding raised	Over $18.2 billion^R (reported)
Series B valuation	$41 billion^R (reported)
Employee count (June 2026)	~150 people^R (reported)

^R reported by the company

Update log

2 updates

Jun 2026

Major: Prometheus raises $12 billion Series B at $41 billion valuationPressFunding

Nov 2025

Major: Jeff Bezos launches Project Prometheus with $6.2 billion in fundingPressFunding

About Project Prometheus

The team behind Artificial General Engineer

Project Prometheus

Physical AI, design automation, manufacturing

Co-founded by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj. Builds foundation models for automated physical product design and manufacturing. Series B raised $12B at $41B valuation (June 2026).

Launched Nov 2025 with $6.2B; Series B June 2026 raised $12B at $41B valuation.
Builds 'artificial general engineer' trained on physics and data, not text. Automates design-to-manufacturing for jets, drugs, chips.
~150 people from OpenAI, DeepMind, xAI, Meta. Offices: SF, London, Zurich.

Company profile →

Founded: 20251 yrs
Headquarters: United States
Status: Private
Valuation: $41BprivateJun 2026
Raised: $18B2 rounds
Last round: Series B · $12BJun 2026
Works in: AIAI for scienceManufacturingComputing
Coverage: 1 program · 3 updateslatest 1 Jun 2026checked 11 Oct
Lead investors: Jeff Bezos
Investors: Jeff Bezos (opens en.wikipedia.org)
People: Jeff Bezos (opens en.wikipedia.org)Co-CEO & FounderVik Bajaj (opens linkedin.com)Co-CEO & Founder

Spec

Artificial General Engineer

Total funding raised

Over $18.2 billion^R (reported)

Series B valuation

$41 billion^R (reported)

Employee count (June 2026)

~150 people^R (reported)