Jeff Bezos’ stealth AI startup closes a $10 billion round that values it at $38 billion and reshapes the industry’s power structure
Jeff Bezos-backed AI startup Taurus has raised $10 billion, valuing it at $38 billion, and is poised to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic in the agentic AI space. The funding round, led by T. Rowe Price and Fidelity, signals a significant shift in the AI industry's power structure.
Taurus, a secretive AI startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, has raised $10 billion in one of the largest venture rounds in AI history. The round values Taurus at $38 billion and brings its total raised equity to over $14 billion. The funding will be used to secure NVIDIA's H100 and next-generation Blackwell GPUs, crucial for training Taurus' forthcoming flagship AI model. Bezos' involvement establishes a third pole in the US AI ecosystem, outside the Microsoft-OpenAI and Google-Anthropic duopoly. The significant valuation confirms institutional investors' conviction in agentic AI, potentially accelerating merger and acquisition activity in the sector. Taurus is expected to announce its flagship model and major enterprise partnerships soon to justify its valuation.
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