During his speech, the magnate shared a bold vision that combines deep space exploration with the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), emphasizing that, despite the technical challenges, the effort to reach the stars is "worth it."
Bezos did not shy away from recent failures and described the explosion of a Blue Origin rocket last month as a "gut punch" for his entire team. However, he highlighted the resilience of his workers, who just 24 hours after the incident began spontaneously making T-shirts with the slogan "Worth It." The entrepreneur detailed that his master plan starts with the Moon before jumping to Mars, but the ultimate goal goes far beyond mere exploration: the creation of massive space colonies in the style of Gerard O'Neill.
According to Bezos, space will be where the critical infrastructure of tomorrow is built. His vision includes using asteroids and objects near Earth to manufacture solar cells and processors directly in space. In fact, he proposed that a significant portion of global computing be done off-planet, even manufacturing the chips there so that the responses are "sent back" to us through signals.
One of the most ambitious points of his speech was the promise to move all polluting industry off Earth. Bezos dreams that by lowering space travel costs and extracting materials from the Moon, our world can once again become a restored "garden planet" to its pre-Industrial Revolution state. Regarding terrestrial technology, he introduced his new AI startup, Prometheus, which will focus on engineering tools rather than simple language models. Contrary to pessimistic views, Bezos assured that AI will cause a "shortage of workforce", as it will enable the identification of many more problems than can be solved with human assistance. VivaTech will continue its activities at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles until June 20.