Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’

# What Bezos Is Betting on Next Jeff Bezos is backing a company called Flourish that's trying to understand how the human brain actually works at a fundamental level, betting that this knowledge could completely change how we build AI systems. The company has raised half a billion dollars to study real neurons in hopes of discovering basic principles that current AI is missing. If they succeed, it could lead to smarter, more efficient artificial intelligence than what exists today.