Bezos Seeks $100 Billion to Buy Manufacturing Companies and Retool Them With AI
Jeff Bezos is quietly raising the largest manufacturing buyout fund ever attempted. He has spent weeks pitching sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East and Singapore on a $100 billion vehicle that would acquire chipmakers, defense contractors, and aerospace firms, then overhaul them with AI built by his startup Project Prometheus. JPMorgan and Abu Dhabi's sovereign fund are already in preliminary talks. But the real question isn't whether Bezos can raise the money.
Jeff Bezos is raising as much as $100 billion for an investment fund that would acquire manufacturing companies and overhaul them with artificial intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Amazon founder has traveled to the Middle East and Singapore in recent months to pitch sovereign wealth funds and major asset managers on the project, according to people familiar with the discussions. The fund would operate alongside Project Prometheus, the AI startup where Bezos serves as co-CEO, the New York Times confirmed in a separate report citing three people briefed on the talks.
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