Exclusive-The AI founders who walked away from Bezos-backed Prometheus to model the universe

San Francisco, August 25 - Two AI pioneers, Anima Anandkumar and Benedikt Jenik, have launched their own venture after being offered a position in the Jeff Bezos-backed Project Prometheus. Their company, Accelerated Understanding Inc., has developed a groundbreaking AI model capable of processing an unprecedented 5 trillion data points in a single request.

This is an astounding 5 million times more data than what major competitors like Anthropic and Google's flagship models can typically handle. Unlike language-focused models such as ChatGPT, Accelerated Understanding's AI is designed to understand and predict physical phenomena in space and time. The company is focused on providing this advanced AI to businesses, with potential applications in chip design, robotics, weather prediction, and energy sector data analysis.