Jeff Bezos’ Prometheus Targets an “Artificial General Engineer”
The Verge AI2 days agoBusinessJeff Bezos’ AI startup Prometheus is aiming to develop what he calls an “artificial general engineer.” The company wants to build AI-powered tools that help design physical products, with possible applications in robotics, drug design, manufacturing, and complex hardware. The Verge reports that Prometheus has raised $12 billion, reached a $41 billion valuation, employs about 150 people, and is led by Bezos and Vik Bajaj.
Introducing physics AI at Mistral for engineering acceleration★ 73
Mistral AI News6 days agoReleaseMistral presents physics AI models that predict physical fields from geometry, boundary conditions, solver outputs, or measurement data. The company positions the approach as a high-throughput complement to traditional CFD and FEM solvers, not a universal replacement or an LLM trained on simulations. It targets product design, tooling optimization, and real-time digital twins across aerospace, automotive, semiconductors, energy, and industrial equipment.
CT Scans of BYD Car Parts
Hacker News (AI keywords)11 days agoHardwareThis item points to a Lumafield “Scan of the Month” post about CT scans of BYD car parts. With no article body provided, the only confirmed subject is non-destructive imaging of automotive components from BYD. The post appears most relevant to readers interested in hardware inspection, manufacturing analysis, reverse engineering, quality control, and how industrial CT scanning can reveal internal structures without disassembly.