Share the QR code < / P > < p > with wechat scanning code to friends and circle of friends < / P > < p > on September 12, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Kobold metals, an AI start-up supported by Jeff Bezos, has partnered with BHP Billiton, the world's second-largest mining group, to find metals for Tesla electric vehicles. < / P > < p > < / P > < p > Kurt house, CEO of Kobold metals The company said it would work with BHP Billiton to find lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper and other metals in Australia. House also said that the three-year cooperation could also help to obtain nickel used by Tesla cars. < / P > < p > in July this year, BHP Billiton signed an agreement with Tesla to provide nickel for the carmaker's batteries. House said: "If we find nickel and cobalt, these supplies are likely to eventually become part of the agreement. We can easily contribute to this in the future." < / P > < p > House said: "Tesla's technology is great. There is no doubt that they are the leaders in the electric vehicle market." He added that the goal of Kobold metals is to help the entire electric vehicle industry. < / P > < p > Kobold metals, a private mineral exploration company headquartered in Silicon Valley, uses AI to collect data on where to drill raw materials for electric vehicles. < / P > < p > House did not give exact figures on how much money the two companies might spend on the project, but said they would spend in the future Tens of millions of dollars have been paid in the past two years. He revealed that the exploration will start in Western Australia, covering 500000 square kilometers of land. < / P > < p > House said that these companies chose Australia because it has the right materials for electric vehicles and high labor and environmental standards. He said: "We can basically guarantee that any discoveries we make there will be made in an ethical and environmentally friendly manner." < / P > < p > according to Kobold metals, one of the company's main investors is breakthrough energy ventures, a climate and Technology Fund funded by gates, Bezos and Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg Investment. < / P > < p > House said that gates and Bezos would have an impact on the metal search for electric vehicles, but he said he could not disclose how much money Gates's fund had invested in the project. < / P > < p > other investors of Kobold metals include Andreessen Horowitz, a famous venture capital company in Silicon Valley, and equinor, a Norwegian state-owned energy company. In August this year, Kobold metals said it would cooperate with mining companies Bluejay co invested US $15 million to find electric vehicle materials in Greenland. (small) < / P > < p >