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Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by googlywoogly » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:19 PM UTC

baobabKoodaa wrote: post #9

So we now have one AI startup run by Jeff Bezos and another AI startup run by Beff Jezos. What a weird timeline.

Amazon itself has become so corrupted and disfunctional that all of their internal AI efforts amount to just burning billions for bottom-of-the-barrel results[0]. I'm not surprised that 5 person startups are building better AI products than all of Amazon, or that Bezos decided to start an AI company outside of Amazon.

[0]https://labs.amazon.science/

Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by randycupertino » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:20 PM UTC

I feel like he's too distracted by his celebrity lifestyle these days to really focus on running a company.

He just paid for Kris Jenner's 70th birthday party at his house where they had the cops called on them: https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/kris-jenn...

and he disinvited Elon Musk (lol): https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/elon-...

Here he is out showboating at the Oscars, Vanity Fair parties, the white house, in Hollywood, in Monaco, Paris Fashion Week, Sun Valley, Milan, NYC, various galas all in the last year: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-fa...

Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by googlywoogly » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:20 PM UTC

Amazon itself has become so corrupted and disfunctional that all of their internal AI efforts amount to just burning billions for bottom-of-the-barrel results[0]. I'm not surprised that 5 person startups are building better AI products than all of Amazon, or that Bezos decided to start an AI company outside of Amazon.

[0]https://labs.amazon.science/

Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by ACCount37 » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:25 PM UTC

johnnyApplePRNG wrote: post #18

I think it's actually going to be healthy for the ecosystem on the whole. The more competition, the better.

If you believe that rushing capabilities ASAP is the right call, that is.

Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by awillen » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:25 PM UTC

A lot of negative posts here, but AI to advance science seems like basically the best possible use case. The more ultrawealthy people who want to throw billions at it, the better.

Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by michaelbuckbee » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:30 PM UTC

Notably, Amazon has already invested $8 billion in Anthropic/Claude, so I'm hoping this is actually something wildly different and with a different approach.

Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by afavour » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:31 PM UTC

Co-CEO. So he gets to boast about being CEO of an AI company at dinner parties while leaving someone else to do the actual work.

Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by gedy » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:31 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #20

kilroy123 wrote: post #16

Honestly, why? Why not just focus on Blue Origin? I don't get this new Musk-like tendency to run multiple ventures instead of focusing on one very tough mission.

It takes extraordinary skill to successfully juggle multiple ventures. So it is natural for some to want to take on the challenge. I think it is pretty impressive.

Maybe he has this skill, but I also know a lot of folks who like to have the control and glory, but don't want to put in the time basically.

Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by rsynnott » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:31 PM UTC

Is "A.I." NYT house style? Looks rather jarring.

Re: Jeff Bezos creates A.I. startup where he will be co-chief executive

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Post by Aeroi » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 3:31 PM UTC

Jeff Bezos as a CO-CEO sounds like a corporate structure recipe for disaster.