Bezos poaches xAI cofounder from OpenAI for his Project Prometheus startup
The competition among AI startups for poaching top talent has a new contender.
The Financial Times reports that xAI cofounder Kyle Kosic has been poached from OpenAI by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for his new AI industrial manufacturing startup, Project Prometheus.
Kosic was one of the original 11 cofounders of xAI and worked on the Colossus data center. Kosic left xAI in 2024 to return to OpenAI. Elon Musk is the last xAI cofounder still working for the company.
According to the report, Kosic will work on AI infrastructure in his new role at Project Prometheus, which has reportedly hired hundreds of staff in San Francisco, London, and Zurich.
Kosic was one of the original 11 cofounders of xAI and worked on the Colossus data center. Kosic left xAI in 2024 to return to OpenAI. Elon Musk is the last xAI cofounder still working for the company.
According to the report, Kosic will work on AI infrastructure in his new role at Project Prometheus, which has reportedly hired hundreds of staff in San Francisco, London, and Zurich.
