Jeff Bezos's AI lab has hired Kyle Kozic, an xAI co-founder who had been at OpenAI, the Financial Times reported.
The appointment is part of Project Prometheus, a well-funded startup Bezos leads with former Google executive Vikram Bajaj and which is focused on using artificial intelligence to improve manufacturing, according to the Financial Times.
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Kozic will focus on infrastructure at the company, the FT said, joining a team that the report describes as building systems for industrial applications. The article identifies the hire as one among several recent moves of engineers and leaders across AI organisations.
The Financial Times framed the hire as "the latest in a broader wave of AI talent reshuffling," noting the pattern of hires and departures across the sector. The FT ran the report under the headline "Jeff Bezos’s new lab hires xAI co-founder from OpenAI."
The recap
- Kyle Kozic left OpenAI to join Jeff Bezos's AI lab.
- He will focus on infrastructure at the well-funded startup.
- Project Prometheus aims to use AI to improve manufacturing.
