David Silver, a former head of reinforcement learning at Google DeepMind and professor at University College London, has secured a landmark $1.1 billion seed round for his new London-based AI startup, Ineffable Intelligence. The deal values the company at $5.1 billion and marks the largest seed round ever raised in Europe, underscoring the intensity of investor competition in the race toward advanced artificial intelligence. The round was co-led by Sequoia Capital and Lightsp

Jeff Bezos is stepping back into a hands-on leadership role for the first time since leaving Amazon in 2021, taking on the position of co-CEO at a new artificial intelligence startup called Project Prometheus. The venture, which has already secured an extraordinary $6.2 billion in funding, is shaping up to be one of the most heavily financed early-stage startups ever launched ( Investing.com ; Forbes; TechBuzz). Bezos is contributing part of the investment himself, signaling