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Bezos (Jeff Bezos)
Bei zuo si
贝佐斯
under / affiliated with
qi xia
旗下
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
company
gong si
公司
Prometheus (AI startup)
Prometheus
Prometheus
to raise funds
rong zi
融资
$12 billion
120 yi mei yuan
120亿美元

Jeff Bezos
Jie fu Bei zuo si
杰夫·贝佐斯
backed / supported by
zhi chi
支持
(structural particle)
de
artificial intelligence
ren gong zhi neng
人工智能
startup
chu chuang
初创
company
gong si
公司
Prometheus (AI startup)
Prometheus
Prometheus
to complete
wan cheng
完成
$12 billion
120 yi mei yuan
120亿美元
fundraising round
rong zi
融资
goal / target
mu biao
目标
is
shi
to develop
kai fa
开发
able to / capable of
neng
automatically
zi dong
自动
to design
she ji
设计
aircraft
fei ji
飞机
engine
fa dong ji
发动机
etc. / and so on
deng
complex / complicated
fu za
复杂
engineering
gong cheng
工程
system
xi tong
系统
(structural particle)
de
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI

June 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Prometheus (AI startup)
Prometheus
Prometheus
is
shi
a (company)
yi jia
一家
by / co-founded by
you
Jeff Bezos
Jie fu Bei zuo si
杰夫·贝佐斯
together / jointly
lian he
联合
to found
chuang li
创立
(structural particle)
de
artificial intelligence
ren gong zhi neng
人工智能
company
gong si
公司
June 11th
liu yue shi yi ri
六月十一日
the company
gai gong si
该公司
to announce
xuan bu
宣布
to complete
wan cheng
完成
$12 billion
120 yi mei yuan
120亿美元
fundraising
rong zi
融资
company
gong si
公司
valuation
gu zhi
估值
reaching / at
da
$41 billion
410 yi mei yuan
410亿美元
Prometheus (AI startup)
Prometheus
Prometheus
(structural particle)
de
goal / objective
mu biao
目标
is
shi
to develop
kai fa
开发
a kind of
yi zhong
一种
(passive marker)
bei
called / referred to as
cheng wei
称为
general-purpose
tong yong
通用
engineer
gong cheng shi
工程师
(structural particle)
de
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
system
xi tong
系统
this kind of
zhe zhong
这种
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
can / be able to
ke yi
可以
automatically
zi dong
自动
to design
she ji
设计
aircraft
fei ji
飞机
engine
fa dong ji
发动机
and
he
medicine / drug
yao wu
药物
etc. / and so on
deng
complex / complicated
fu za
复杂
engineering
gong cheng
工程
product
chan pin
产品
this time
ci ci
此次
fundraising
rong zi
融资
from / coming from
lai zi
来自
Bezos
Bei zuo si
贝佐斯
himself / in person
ben ren
本人
as well as / and
yi ji
以及
JPMorgan Chase
Mo gen da tong
摩根大通
Goldman Sachs
Gao sheng
高盛
and
he
BlackRock
Bei lai de
贝莱德
etc. / and others
deng
institutions
ji gou
机构
this is
zhe shi
这是
Prometheus (AI startup)
Prometheus
Prometheus
(structural particle)
de
second round
di er lun
第二轮
fundraising
rong zi
融资
the company
gai gong si
该公司
last year
qu nian
去年
already
yi
to obtain / receive
huo de
获得
$6.2 billion
62 yi mei yuan
62亿美元
(structural particle)
de
first round
shou lun
首轮
funding
rong zi
融资

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