AMI Labs Raises $1B for World Models, Led by Yann LeCun
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AMI Labs, the new AI startup co-founded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun, has raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation. Focusing on world models, AI systems that learn directly from the real world, LeCun serves as chairman with Alexandre LeBrun as CEO. This shift from popular language models aims to reduce errors like hallucinations, with LeBrun predicting world models will become the next big buzzword. AMI Labs plans to partner with digital health firms like Nabla, where LeBrun is now chairman. The round attracted top investors like Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Bezos Expeditions, and angels including Eric Schmidt and Mark Cuban. The strong team, featuring experts from Meta and top researchers, will build out in Paris, New York, Montreal, and Singapore. This funding will support years of basic research using LeCuns joint embedding predictive architecture, with no quick products expected but plans to publish papers, open source code, and test models in real scenarios with partners.
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