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Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models
Publisher description: AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation.
TechCrunch | Mar 10, 2026 | Anna Heim
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AMI is working on world models, or AI that learns from reality, not just from language. This category has fewer players than generative AI, but maybe not for long. “My prediction is that ‘world models’ will be the next buzzword,” AMI Labs CEO Alexandre LeBrun told TechCrunch. “In six months, every company will call itself a world model to raise funding. ” LeBrun said this with a smile because he thinks AMI Labs is fundamentally different: Its goal is to understand the real world. Now AMI Labs joins the club with more funding than initially rumored.
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