# Vik Bajaj: founder, Prometheus

Canonical ID: `721f9641-2a0d-4549-9481-9fac20d8e063`

Chemist, physicist, and Stanford professor. Former Google X scientist and co-founder of Foresite Labs (and Verily). Co-founded Prometheus with Jeff Bezos in November 2025 and serves as co-CEO.

- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (2)

- [Prometheus](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/prometheus.md) Co-Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Prometheus](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/prometheus.md) Co-Founder & Co-CEO (secondary-verified)

## Former / Previously (1)

- [Google](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/google.md) Scientist at Google X (? to 2025-11-01) (secondary-verified)

## Sources (4)

1. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/heres-what-jeff-bezos-new-startup-prometheus-will-do/
2. https://www.outlookbusiness.com/ampstories/news/meet-vik-bajaj-the-indian-origin-scientist-leading-ai-start-up-prometheus
3. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/11/project-prometheus-bezos-bajaj-live-updates.html
4. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/jeff-bezoss-prometheus-raises-12b-to-build-an-artificial-general-engineer-for-the-physical-world/


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