A1June 12, 2026·2 min read·271 words·5 vocab words·Source: TechCrunch

Jeff Bezos Has a New AI Company

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Jeff Bezos Has a New AI Company
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Jeff Bezos has a new AI company. The company name is Prometheus. The company has a lot of money today. The AI designs big things like jet engines. Some people worry about jobs. Jeff Bezos says people can work less. The AI is very helpful.

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Jeff Bezos has a new company. The company is Prometheus. Vik Bajaj is a leader too. He is from Google. The company makes special software. The software is Artificial Intelligence. People call it AI. This AI is very smart. It can design big things. It can design jet engines. It can design medicine. The company wants to change engineering work. The AI can do the work.

The company has a lot of money. The company gets 12 billion dollars today. People say the company is worth 41 billion dollars. Many banks give the money. Jeff Bezos gives money too. The company is very rich. They have 6.2 billion dollars from last year.

The company has 150 workers. The workers are in three cities. The cities are San Francisco, London, and Zurich. The workers do secret work. The company buys many computers. The computers cost a lot of money.

Jeff Bezos talks about jobs. Many people worry about jobs. They say AI takes human jobs. Jeff Bezos says no. He says companies need more workers. The AI helps people. The AI does good things. People can work less. People can rest more. A family can have one job. They do not need two jobs. Workers can stop extra hours.

Jeff Bezos knows about workers. He is a leader at Amazon. Amazon is a big company. Amazon has 1.5 million workers. But Amazon has fewer workers today. Amazon uses machines for work.

Many business people like this new AI. They give physical AI companies money. This AI makes real things. Code is good. Real things are better. The company Prometheus is very important.

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How many workers does the company have?

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Present Simple for Facts

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We use the present simple tense to talk about facts and things that are true right now.

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The company has 150 workers.

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Scenario: Talking about a new tool at work.

  1. 01It can design big things.
  2. 02The company is very rich.
  3. 03The AI helps people.

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🔑Key Phrases

design big thingsmake plans for large objects

Used to show that someone or something can create important and large items.

Verb + adjective + plural noun

An architect can design big things for the city.

worry about jobsfeel nervous about work

Used when people are scared they might lose their work.

Verb + preposition + plural noun

Many people worry about jobs when robots arrive.

stop extra hoursfinish working overtime

Used when people do not need to work more than their normal schedule.

Verb + adjective + plural noun

Workers want to stop extra hours on the weekend.

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Jeff Bezos Has a New AI Company

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