WorkThe story, in brief
Jeff Bezos’s new lab hires xAI co-founder from OpenAI
Kyle Kosic just left OpenAI for Bezos's secretive AI lab. Here's what Project Prometheus is really building.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
A senior AI researcher departure from OpenAI to Bezos's under-the-radar venture signals where elite talent sees the next frontier—physical world AI systems, not just language models.
The key facts
4 to knowKyle Kosic hired from OpenAI (xAI co-founder background)
Joining Project Prometheus (Bezos-backed secretive lab)
Project focus: systems that understand the physical world
Published April 7, 2026
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Financial Times Technologyft.com
Publisher excerpt: Kyle Kosic joins Project Prometheus, the secretive start-up working on systems that can understand the physical world