--- title: Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build... description: AMI Labs, the AI startup cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after leaving Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/yann-lecun-s-ami-labs-raises-1-03-billion-to-build-world-models-f75jghy43 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models | daily.dev og:description: AMI Labs, the AI startup cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after leaving Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/yann-lecun-s-ami-labs-raises-1-03-billion-to-build-world-models-f75jghy43 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F75JGHY43.png og:image:alt: Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AMI Labs, the AI startup cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after leaving Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation. The company is focused on world models — AI that learns from reality rather than language — using LeCun's Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA). CEO Alexandre LeBrun acknowledges this is a long-horizon fundamental research project, not a typical applied AI startup. The round was co-led by Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, and Bezos Expeditions, with notable angels including Eric Schmidt, Mark Cuban, and Tim Berners-Lee. Strategic backers include NVIDIA, Samsung, Toyota Ventures, and others. AMI Labs plans to open-source code and publish research, with digital health startup Nabla as its first disclosed deployment partner. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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