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Samsung is increasing its investment in French technology companies, including partnerships with AI firms Mistral AI and AMI Labs. This expansion reflects Samsung's growing appetite for acquiring stakes in promising French tech startups…
A researcher has joined Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI Labs) to focus on developing world models, which are AI systems designed to understand and simulate how the world works…
Atlas’s demonstrated strength is primarily in building and rendering plausible, geometrically consistent worlds: reconstructing scenes, controlling a camera, and generating…
LeVJEPA shows that high-quality video representations can be learned with a radically simpler JEPA-style system — one encoder, one objective, and no target network, predictor, or…
PhD student at Mila focused on improving Joint Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPAs) and world models through planning, temporal abstraction, goal specification, and physical…
AMI Labs’ new LpWorldModel (LpWM) research shows that making a JEPA world model’s internal representation sparse rather than dense can shift complexity out of the predictor…
We believe that video is a rich and abundant source of data reflecting how the world works, and that in general models need to be able to process continuous, high-dimensional data…
Yann LeCun has been recognized as one of TIME's 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence. The distinction highlights LeCun's significant contributions and impact on…
Machine learning researcher specializing in world models, robotics, computer vision, deep learning, and reinforcement learning, with prior experience at Meta, Google DeepMind…
Specializing in infrastructure engineering and system optimization, with previous algorithm-engineering experience at ByteDance.
An Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Rice University and a Member of Technical Staff at AMI Labs, with research experience across Meta, Google DeepMind, Google, and…
An artificial intelligence researcher whose work spans reasoning and computer-use agents, reinforcement learning, optimization, multimodal models, and large-scale agent systems.
Former machine learning researcher at Facebook AI specializing in deep learning and reinforcement learning, with work spanning sequential reasoning, memory, imitation learning…
Deep reinforcement learning researcher whose career spans research roles at Meta, Mila, Google, Facebook, and McGill University.
World models are being explored as a technological approach to enable AI systems to better understand and navigate physical environments. According to the World Economic Forum…
Today I'm excited to introduce @224ventureshq, a deeply technical and GTM-focused venture firm investing in AI-native teams. We're launching with $100 million in assets under…
224 Ventures launches with more than $100 million in assets under management. Oriol Vinyals, who left DeepMind today to co-found Discovery Loop, joins as a partner alongside AIX…
Former Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun has joined new firm 224 Ventures, which will invest in AI startups. 224 Ventures will be run by LeCun, alongside Google DeepMind researcher…
Gary Marcus and former Meta Chief Scientist Yann LeCun have said that they had been talking about a “pure LLM” when they were talking about the limitations of the technology.
Noa Khamallah grew up without a microwave or a car, dropped out of school, and did time in prison before he ever wrote a check to a startup. When he wanted access to Yann LeCun…
AMI Labs has quietly assembled a small but technically ambitious group of interns across its Paris and New York operations.
In a fireside chat with Steven Levy, the AMI Labs founder mocked Silicon Valley's "LLM-pilled" monoculture, revealed how he fought to open-source Llama 2, and accused Anthropic of…
Seven months after quitting Meta, the AMI Labs co-founder told the Paris crowd that world models will drive the next AI revolution, and that Silicon Valley's LLM obsession has…
An assistant professor at Imperial College London, a former Meta researcher, and a founding member of technical staff at AMI Labs.
Recent Stanford graduate with background in robotics and multimodal AI.
Author and software engineer known for building large-scale developer infrastructure at Databricks and Dropbox.
In this dialogue, James Manyika and Yann LeCun focus on foundational advances in AI, what LeCun sees as progress to date, the limitations of current mainstream approaches, and…
Talk given by Yann LeCun at ETH Zürich during "Frontiers of Embodied AI".
For deep-tech beginners, the main lesson from AMI Labs, Oratomic and Prime Intellect is not that every AI startup can now raise hundreds of millions of dollars. It is that…
People and culture leader helping AMI Labs build and scale its global team, following senior executive roles at Oyster, ClickHouse, Elastic, and Asurion.
Former Meta research scientist whose work focuses on self-supervised visual learning and world-model architectures.
Former Meta FAIR Staff Research Scientist whose work has contributed to major advances in visual grounding and image segmentation, including SAM 2 and SAM 3.
Former Meta FAIR research scientist specializing in self-supervised learning, computer vision, and world models.
A former Meta research scientist specializing in generative video, computer vision and multimodal representation learning.
Yann LeCun, a renowned AI researcher, is building a new artificial intelligence startup called AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence) with a team of collaborators. The article…
AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence) was highlighted as one of the ten major French Tech developments covered by Maddyness since the beginning of the year. The article, which…
Pascal Fung, Chief Research and Innovation Officer at AMI Labs, delivers a keynote speech at the ICML conference held in South Korea.
Alexandre Lebrun has stepped down as head of Nabla, with Brian Manning taking over leadership of the company. The leadership transition was reported by Maddyness.
Latent world models enable robots to simulate the future before taking actions and then plan their movements accordingly. In 2022, the team led by Yann LeCun, the Turing Award…
The Turing Award winner spent 12 years running Meta's AI lab, then quit to bet against the industry. At RAISE Summit in Paris, he argued that a child learns more about the world…
Nabla has appointed Brian Manning as Chief Executive Officer to lead the company's next phase of growth. The announcement was made through a press release distributed via PR…
A new open-source platform co-created by AMI researcher Quentin Le Lidec aims to give the world-model community a faster, fairer and more reproducible way to build and test…
LeCun argues that today’s language-model obsession is too narrow to produce truly intelligent systems.
Alex LeBrun, Co-founder and CEO of Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI Labs), argues that if AI is going to understand the world, model cause and effect, and reason across time, it…
A postdoctoral researcher at AMI Labs developing world models for robotics, with expertise spanning machine learning, differentiable optimization, computer vision and physical…
Former founding machine-learning researcher at Morphic, where he led work on video-generation models.
AMI Labs founder Alexandre LeBrun avoids using terms like "AGI" (Artificial General Intelligence) or "superintelligence" to describe his company's AI systems. The article explores…
Yann LeCun discusses AMI Labs and his vision for artificial intelligence development, including his work on JEPA (Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture), and shares perspectives…
``` According to the article title, Yann LeCun's venture capital fund experienced a rapid collapse, lasting only eight hours before disappearing. The fund appears to have faced…
Twelve immigrant founders are leading major advancements in America's artificial intelligence industry, contributing significantly to the growth of multibillion-dollar AI…
AMI Labs and other AI entrepreneurs, including a prominent figure known as the "Godmother of AI," are attracting investor interest by shifting their focus from chatbot technology…
Open-source AI is presented as a critical democratizing force for global AI development, particularly for regions and organizations that lack access to expensive proprietary AI…
AMI filed for its 11th trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
AMI filed for its 10th trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
AMI filed for its 9th trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
AMI filed for its 8th trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
AMI filed for its 7th trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
AMI filed for its 6th trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
An interactive explainer graphic of the latest research from Yann LeCun's research team.
Basile Terver is a doctoral researcher working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and applied mathematics.
Willy Chung is a PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence at Sorbonne Université, specializing in world models, machine learning, and high-level reasoning systems.
Aurélia Bortone-Bouvet is a strategy and AI transformation leader with experience spanning consulting, healthcare technology, and executive operations.
Felix Naepels is an accomplished IT leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling internal technology operations across high-growth and global organizations.
Yann LeCun argues that large language models (LLMs) will drive practical real-world applications but are unlikely to achieve human-level thinking or reasoning capabilities. His…
LeCun gave a guest lecture at Princeton's Al-Khwarizmi Applied Mathematics Webinar
Yann LeCun argued that today’s AI systems and large language models are fundamentally limited because they lack true world understanding, advocating instead for “world models”…
Yann LeCun in conversation with Jacob Effron, partner at Partner at Redpoint
This was the central question of the debate between Professor Yann LeCun, Turing Award laureate, Executive Chairman of Advanced
Yann LeCun, a leading AI researcher, discusses how current machine learning developments represent the construction of a prefrontal cortex for machines, highlighting advances in…
World models are an emerging area of artificial intelligence that has recently gained significant attention in the field. These AI systems are designed to develop internal…
Goldman Sachs is working on developing a "world model" for artificial intelligence, addressing what is considered a critical missing component in current AI systems. The world…
Yann LeCun, a prominent AI researcher and Meta executive, publicly criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's statements regarding artificial intelligence's impact on employment…
Quentin Duval is an accomplished Artificial Intelligence Research Engineer specializing in large-scale machine learning systems, with a strong focus on self-supervised learning…
Chao Du is a Senior Research Scientist specializing in machine learning and deep learning, with a strong track record of advancing AI research across both academia and industry…
John Nguyen is a Member of Technical Staff at AMI Labs, where he focuses on building visually intelligent systems and advancing research toward unified world models. His work sits…
Christophe Tcheng is a seasoned engineering leader with extensive experience building and scaling complex technology platforms across global organizations. Currently serving as VP…
Jeff Bezos is assembling a specialized artificial intelligence team for Project Prometheus, his initiative to develop advanced machine intelligence capabilities. The effort…
As our first on-the-ground US recruiter, you'll own AMI's talent pipeline for our New York and Montreal offices — with the flexibility to support hiring across our global offices…
A $1B wager on world models signals a radical shift away from LLMs toward AI systems that learn causality from the real world.
Matthew J. Muckley has joined AMI Labs as a Member of the Technical Staff, where he will focus on advancing physical world models, an area central to AMI’s broader mission of…
After launching three AI startups, Alexandre Lebrun has embarked on the ‘project of a lifetime’ as CEO of LeCun’s new startup, Advanced Machine Intelligence.
AI pioneer Yann LeCun delivered a lecture at Brown University discussing emerging developments and new frontiers in artificial intelligence. The presentation, covered by The Brown…
Yann LeCun, a prominent AI researcher, delivered a lecture at Brown University discussing a novel approach to artificial intelligence. The talk likely covered LeCun's latest…
Jihan Yang, a leading emerging voice in multimodal artificial intelligence, is advancing the frontier of machine learning as a postdoctoral associate at New York University’s…
Xinyi Wan, a seasoned machine learning researcher and systems engineer, has joined AMI Labs as a Member of Research Staff, bringing with him over a decade of experience at the…
A leading AI researcher with publications at top conferences (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR) and significant contributions at FAIR—including V-JEPA 2 and widely adopted open-source…
As Nabla gains international attention through its close ties to Yann LeCun’s AMI, one of the most ambitious AI research labs, Soffiati joins at a pivotal moment in the shift…
A breakthrough in world models: LeCun’s team shows how simpler, smaller AI systems can learn to predict reality and still be faster, cheaper, and without the fragile tricks that…
LeWorldModel is a new JEPA-based world model that learns stable latent representations directly from pixels using just two loss terms. It avoids collapse without complex tricks…
AMI Labs co-founders Saining Xie sits for a 7-hour marathon interview.
AMI Labs has posted a new HR Ops position within the General and Administration department, based in Paris. The role reflects the company's continued organisational build-out…
A designer explores a critical gap in AI world models related to how systems handle iconic or symbolic representations, highlighting a blind spot in current advanced machine…
AMI Labs explores new approaches to redefining intelligence, challenging conventional frameworks in machine intelligence development. The initiative suggests a shift in how…
Yann LeCun's AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence) has raised $1 billion in seed funding, marking a significant investment in AI development. The funding round suggests growing…
AMI Labs raised $1 billion in funding while positioning itself against the generative AI trend that dominates the broader AI industry. The startup's contrarian approach suggests a…
AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence) was featured in healthcare AI news coverage on March 11, 2026. The article discusses developments in AI applications within the healthcare…
Yann LeCun has secured $1 billion in funding to develop AI technology focused on understanding the physical world. This initiative aims to advance machine intelligence…
Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) has announced a $1.03 billion funding round. The substantial investment round represents significant capital injection for the company's…
AMI Labs, a start-up founded by a former Meta A.I. chief, has reached a valuation of $3.5 billion, according to a report by The New York Times. The company's significant valuation…
Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) is advancing the next phase of artificial intelligence development through the creation of foundational world models. These world models…
AMI Labs, led by Polytechnique alumnus Alexandre Lebrun, has secured $1 billion in funding to advance artificial intelligence technology. The company aims to significantly…
Yann LeCun, a former Meta AI pioneer, has raised over $1 billion in funding for his new startup, AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence), according to reporting by the Wall…
Yann LeCun's AI startup AMI Labs has secured a $1 billion seed round funding, backed by major investors including Nvidia and Temasek. The substantial investment reflects…
Yann LeCun has raised $1 billion in funding to establish AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence), focused on developing AI systems with improved understanding of physical world…
# Summary AMI Labs, a startup founded by renowned AI researcher Yann LeCun, has raised $1.03 billion in funding to develop world models—AI systems designed to understand and…
# Summary AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence), founded by renowned AI researcher Yann LeCun, has secured a record $1 billion seed funding round. The Paris-based startup's…
Yann LeCun has secured $1 billion in funding for AMI Labs to advance research into world models, positioning this approach as a correction to current directions in AI development…
# Summary Yann LeCun, a veteran from Meta, has secured $1 billion in funding for his AI startup AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence). The substantial investment underscores…
# AMI Labs Secures $1 Billion Funding with New CEO Yann LeCun's AI startup, AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence), has announced a new CEO and secured $1 billion in funding…
# Summary A prominent AI researcher dubbed the "AI godfather" has raised $1.3 billion in funding for a new start-up that will establish Singapore as a key operational base. The…
# AMI Labs Funding Summary AMI Labs, founded by former Meta AI chief Yann LeCun, has raised $1.03 billion in funding to develop an alternative approach to artificial…
# AMI Labs Funding Summary AMI Labs, founded by Yann LeCun, has secured $1.03 billion in funding to advance research and development of world models—AI systems designed to…
# AMI Labs Funding Summary AMI Labs, founded by former Meta AI chief Yann LeCun, has raised $1.03 billion in funding to develop an alternative approach to artificial…
French AI startup AMI (Advanced Machine Intelligence) has announced raising over $1 billion in seed funding, making it one of the largest seed rounds in European startup history…
Channel News Asia reports that AMI Labs, led by former Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, has raised $1.03 billion to advance its alternative approach to AI development centred…
Toyota Ventures has published a blog post explaining its strategic investment in AMI Labs, noting that the company's physical AI and world model research directly aligns with…
AMI Labs, founded by Yann LeCun, has secured $1.03 billion in funding to develop world models, representing a significant investment in advanced machine intelligence research. The…
AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence), the AI startup co-founded by Turing Award laureate Yann LeCun, has raised $1.03 billion in a seed round at a $3.5 billion valuation. The…
Hiro Capital has announced co-leading a $1.03 billion seed round in Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI Labs) alongside Bezos Expeditions, Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, and HV…
AMI Labs, the AI startup led by Yann LeCun — who served as Meta's Chief AI Scientist for over a decade — has been valued at $3.5 billion after closing a $1.03 billion seed round…
AMI Labs has secured over $1 billion in seed funding, with notable angel investors including Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Mark Cuban, Xavier Niel, Tim Berners-Lee, and Jim Breyer…
With $1.03B in seed funding, Paris-based AMI launches as a $3.5B AI unicorn aiming to move beyond LLMs by building “world models. These systems are designed to understand physical…
Ex-Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun pushes back on AGI hype, arguing AI is far from human-level intelligence and better understood as a tool to amplify people. He says the real…
# Summary Yann LeCun, executive chairman of AMI Labs, stated that current AI technology has significant limitations and is primarily effective at language-based tasks. According…
Yann LeCun has launched AMI Labs, a new venture that takes a contrarian approach by moving away from the large language model paradigm that currently dominates AI development. The…
AMI filed for its fifth trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
AMI filed for its fourth trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
AMI filed for its third trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
AMI filed for its second trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
Yann LeCun, a prominent AI researcher, has launched a new startup called AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence) focused on world models technology. The Forbes article examines…
PengyouCo updated its articles of association on 19 December 2025, restructuring its 1,000,000 shares: ordinary shares were increased from 33,500 to 71,750, while SP preference…
Yann LeCun is raising €500 million in funding for his new AI startup AMI Labs at a €3 billion valuation. The funding round reflects significant investor confidence in LeCun's…
The legendary AI scientist left Meta to build world models. He says Silicon Valley is too hypnotized by ChatGPT to see what's coming next.
PengyouCo — the legal entity that became AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence) — was incorporated on 3 December 2025 as a Société par Actions Simplifiée (SAS) with €10,000…
AMI filed for its first trademark with France’s National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
``` AMI Labs has released Janus Pro, an open-source image generation model. The model was presented on Hacker News as a novel advancement in machine intelligence for image…
