Meta’s ex-AI chief Yann LeCun raises $1.03B seed funding, says it may be a Europe record

2026-03-11 - 02:43

Yann LeCun's new startup, Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI Labs), has secured a record-breaking $1.03 billion in seed funding, potentially the largest for a European company. The AI venture, co-led by prominent investors, aims to develop AI systems focused on reasoning, planning, and world models for critical applications.