Jeff Bezos

American billionaire Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, is seeking funds for the development of a startup Project Prometheus, which aims to use artificial intelligence in various areas of production to improve the efficiency of specialized industries.

Amazon founder and one of the richest people in the world Jeff Bezos, along with Lauren Sanchez, has been appointed honorary co-chair of the Met Gala-2026, an event that annually brings together the world’s political, cultural and business elite in New York. Experts believe that the tech billionaire’s participation reflects the growing influence of IT capital on the art and fashion industries.

Virgin Galactic is preparing to re-activate the direction of space tourism and occupy the vacated niche in the market of suborbital flights. This was announced by the founder of the company, British entrepreneur Richard Branson during a speech at a space conference in London.

Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Technology Corporation has scrapped its Blue Jay robotic system project designed to automate warehouse logistics, according to Logos Press.

While many of the richest people in the U.S. are focused on multiplying their capital, some are actively sharing their wealth with the public, Logos Press reported.

If the space race used to be an arena of states, now it has turned into a duel of super-rich entrepreneurs of the XXI century. The competition between Ilon Musk and Jeff Bezos has reached a new level: now the billionaires are fighting over the moon, according to Logos Press.

On Thursday, February 12, the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully sent a heavy version of an Ariane 6 rocket into space from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana with Amazon satellites, Logos Press reports.