Bro, you wonโt believe thisโBezos just dropped $6.2 billion on something wild. Not Amazon, but something way bigger.
Heโs calling it Project Prometheus. Basically, itโs AI-powered factories that can build rockets, cars, chipsโyou name itโwithout humans. While everyoneโs been arguing about AI writing essays, heโs been quietly building machines that could change the whole game.
And get this: he snagged 100 top researchers from OpenAI and DeepMind. Blue Originโs rocket? Just a test run. Imagine your iPhone being made for like 70% less. Cars designed in weeks instead of years. Crazy, right?
Hereโs the kicker: China makes almost 29% of everything on Earth. The U.S.? Only 12%. Prometheus could flip that with AI that understands materials better than any human engineer.
Economically, itโs nuts. Manufacturing growth has been stuck at 0.5% for decades. Bezos wants 3โ5% growth, which could mean $8 trillion in new wealth by 2045. Butโฆ it also means up to 40 million jobs could be automated by 2040.
And geopolitically? Imagine every chip, EV battery, even fighter jets being made in Ohio by 2038โfully automated. That wipes out Chinaโs labor advantage and gives America total control of its supply chain. Itโs like the CHIPS Act on steroids. The guy running it, Vik Bajaj (ex-Waymo), already made self-driving cars happen when people thought it was impossible. Now heโs aiming for self-building factories.
By 2040, AI wonโt just help engineersโit might replace them. Bezos is betting on Americaโs industrial comeback and the biggest job shake-up in history. And honestly, his long-term bets usually hit.