6 milestones
Mar 2026team

Global hiring accelerates

AMI Labs begins scaling its team across Paris, New York, Montreal, and Singapore — recruiting world-class researchers, engineers, and operators to build World Models.

Mar 2026funding

$1.03B seed round at $3.5B valuation

AMI Labs closes a landmark $1.03 billion seed round — one of the largest in AI history — backed by Jeff Bezos, Bezos Expeditions, NVIDIA, Samsung, Eric Schmidt, and 60+ investors.

Feb 2026team

Yann LeCun joins as Executive Chairman

Turing Award laureate and former Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun co-founds AMI Labs, bringing his vision for World Models and next-generation machine intelligence.

Jan 2026product

AMI Labs brand launched

PengyouCo rebrands as Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI Labs), unveiling its mission to build AI systems that go beyond language — grounded in the physical world.

Dec 2025administrative

Corporate structure formalised

Articles of association updated with early share restructuring: 1,000,000 shares divided into ordinary shares and SP preference shares carrying 10× voting rights.

Dec 2025founding

AMI Labs founded in Paris

PengyouCo SAS — the legal entity behind AMI Labs — is incorporated in Paris with €10,000 share capital, registered at 51 rue de Seine, Paris 6e.