A photo allegedly showing SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos seated together often circulates online. It was a genuine image of the pair, not the product of digital manipulation or artificial intelligence (AI) software.

While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on Monday called off its inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket after a number of last-minute issues – hurting the space firm in its race to compete with Elon Musk’s dominant SpaceX. The 320-foot rocket was scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1 a.m. ET before the launch was aborted.

The Amazon founder’s space company marked a major milestone Thursday with the first test flight of its New Glenn rocket.

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin joined the billionaire’s space race in earnest when its New Glenn rocket roared from a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in the early morning hours of Jan. 16. The second stage with the Blue Ring payload successfully reached orbit. However, an attempt to land the first stage on a drone ship failed.

Blue Origin's New Glenn finally roared into orbit in the early hours of Thursday, with SpaceX's Starship rocket set to launch hours later.

Shrugging off bad weather, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its powerful New Glenn rocket on its maiden flight early Thursday, lighting up a cloudy overnight sky as it climbed away from Cape Canaveral in a high-stakes bid to compete with Elon Musk's industry-leading SpaceX.

Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket after an attempt earlier in the week was scrubbed. The flight is a crucial test of the company’s ability to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez showed up to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday wearing a risqué lingerie-inspired top underneath a tight-fitting white blazer.

"Elon has been very clear that he's doing this for the public interest and not for his personal gain," Bezos said in a new interview.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner exchanged greetings with Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez and Elon Musk at the candlelight dinner for Donald Trump at the National Building Museum Sunday night.

Among the guests at Donald Trump's second inauguration in Washington, D.C. today were three billionaire tech CEOs: Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Tesla's Elon Musk, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg. They were also joined by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook.