Bezos talks to raise US$100 billion to focus on transforming manufacturing industry to AI

# Long Yue

Source: Wall Street CN

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, is in talks to raise a **$100 billion fund** aimed at acquiring manufacturing companies in sectors such as semiconductors and defense, and using artificial intelligence to drive their automation transformation.

Meanwhile, he has taken on the role of co-CEO at AI startup Project Prometheus, which is seeking **$6 billion in new funding**.

The company’s physical-world simulation technology will be used to boost efficiency at the acquired firms.

Wall Street capital including JPMorgan Chase has also expressed interest in participating.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, is negotiating to raise **$100 billion** in capital, with plans to acquire manufacturing companies in chipmaking, defense, aerospace and other industries, and accelerate their automation transformation using AI technologies.

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal on March 19, Bezos is in the early stages of negotiations to raise a new $100 billion fund.

The fund aims to acquire manufacturing companies and leverage artificial intelligence to speed up automation at these businesses.

Recent developments show that Bezos has been meeting frequently with executives of major global asset management firms.

Several months ago, he traveled to the Middle East to discuss the concept of the new fund with representatives of regional sovereign wealth funds, and more recently visited Singapore to raise capital for the project.

In investor documents, the fund is described as a **“manufacturing transformation vehicle”**, with acquisition targets focused on core industrial sectors including chip manufacturing, defense and aerospace.

At $100 billion, the fund would not only surpass the size of many large global buyout funds but also rival SoftBank Group’s $100 billion Vision Fund, which focuses on the technology sector.

As the core technological pillar of this ambitious plan, Bezos was recently appointed co-CEO of the startup Project Prometheus.

He plans to directly apply the company’s AI technologies to businesses acquired by the fund, significantly improving operational efficiency and profitability of these industrial assets.

## Bezos’ Physical AI Vision and Fundraising

Project Prometheus’s core competitive advantage lies in building AI models capable of understanding and simulating the laws governing the physical world.

Investor filings show the company’s technology can simulate airflow around aircraft wings or accurately predict where metal components will crack under pressure.

The company initially plans to sell software tools for engineering simulation and design.

To support this technology development, Project Prometheus is separately in fundraising negotiations for up to **$6 billion**.

The firm successfully raised **$6.2 billion** last year.

On the management front, Bezos serves as co-CEO alongside Vik Bajaj, a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and co-founder of Google’s former life sciences division (now Verily).

Additionally, David Limp, CEO of rocket company Blue Origin, recently joined the company’s board of directors.

## Wall Street Capital and Silicon Valley Giants Join In

Bezos’s move has drawn attention not only from sovereign wealth funds but also strong interest from top Wall Street investment banks.

People familiar with the matter told media outlets that JPMorgan Chase is in preliminary talks to support the project through its newly launched **Security and Resiliency Initiative**.

The bank launched a $10 billion fund for the initiative in December and hired Todd Combs, a former investment manager at Berkshire Hathaway, to help lead the effort.

In Silicon Valley, Bezos is the latest veteran tech leader to join a new wave of AI competition.

Previously, Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber, announced expansion plans for his startup Atoms, which aims to reshape manufacturing with AI.

Elon Musk has also been pushing for transformation at Tesla and heavily promoting his humanoid robot plans to investors.

As tech giants and massive capital pour in, the AI-driven automation wave is spreading from e-commerce warehousing and logistics to deeper layers of industrial manufacturing.

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