Odyssey Hits $1.45B Valuation With Amazon Backing

Odyssey, a world model AI startup founded by autonomous vehicle veterans Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, has raised a $310 million Series B round at a $1.45 billion valuation. The round was led by Natural Capital, with Amazon, AMD Ventures, and GV among participants. Founded in 2023, Odyssey builds AI models that simulate the physical world with accurate physics, enabling use cases from video-game creation to robotics. Amazon's involvement makes AWS Odyssey's preferred cloud provider, with models optimized for AWS Trainium chips. Notable angel investors include Jeff Dean, Garry Tan, and Cruise founder Kyle Vogt.