Reference to Hindustan times.Being the Associated with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the scientist-entrepreneur Vikram Bajaj, Project Prometheus is a potent new AI venture that has already raised over 6 billion dollars. The startup is focused on building progressive artificial-intelligence platforms that target the physical economy, including both manufacturing to highly engineered products.
Vik Bajaj joins Project Prometheus as Co-CEO.
Bajaj has also changed his LinkedIn profile to show his new position as co-founder and co-chief executive of Project Prometheus. He will share the top spot with Jeff Bezos according to a report of the New York times. Such a partnership combines the unmatched business size of Bezos and the wide experience of Bajaj in science and technology and biotechnology.
Who Is Vik Bajaj?
Vikram Vikram or Vikram as he is known is a great scientist, physicist and chemist who has made a fantastic career in the field of academia, biotechnology and artificial intelligence. His career often incorporates statistics, biology, and engineering- a strategy that has also helped him create some of the most innovative science based companies.
Career in Biotech and AI
In 2023, Bajaj co-founded Xaira Therapeutics where he is currently the Director and Interim President. He is also the Managing Director of Foresight Capital since 2017 where he focuses on investments in precision health, AI, data science, and frontier biotechnology.
In 2018, his leadership grew further when he joined Foresight Labs as a co-founder and CEO of the incubator that focuses on the creation of businesses at the crossroads of life sciences and data-driven technology.
Before coming to Foresite, he was Chief Scientific Officer at GRAIL, a healthcare firm specializing in detecting early-stage cancer, a company that only had to bolster his reputation as the founder of the breakthrough in medical innovation.
Experience at Google and Scholarly work.
Bajaj also co-founded Verily (also known as Google Life Sciences) and was the Chief Scientific Officer between 2013 and 2016. When he was at Google X (the so-called Moonshot Factory of the firm), he collaborated with Sergey Brin on high-impact scientific initiatives.
Since 2014, he has been an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of medicine and previously served on the Advisory Board of the College of Chemistry at UC Berkeley six years.
Education and Awards
Bajaj received his Ph D in Physical Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he performed advanced studies in the physical sciences. Before that, he had done two degrees, a Bachelor of Arts, and a Master of Science in Biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania.
His illustrious career in science has won some awards, such as:
- Anatole Abragam Prize (2012)
- Two R&D 100 Awards (2011, 2013)
- DOE LBL Innovation Grant (2013)
All these milestones highlight his long-term effort to create technologies that have the potential to revolutionize industries on an international level.
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