Elon Musk has accused Jeff Bezos of being a 'copycat' after reports said the Amazon founder is supporting a new artificial intelligence company called Project Prometheus. The New York Times reported that Bezos will serve as co-CEO of the company and has contributed part of its USD 6.2 billion funding.

This will be the first time Bezos returns to an executive role since stepping down as Amazon’s CEO in 2021. He will lead Project Prometheus together with Vik Bajaj, co-founder of Verily and Foresite Labs.

Musk, who founded the AI company xAI and was an early supporter of OpenAI, reacted humorously on X (formerly Twitter). He wrote 'Haha no way,' along with the word 'copy' and a cat emoji.

November 17, 2025

This is not the first time Musk has accused Bezos of copying his ideas. He previous

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