Yann LeCun, former Chief AI Scientist at Meta and the “Godfather of AI” declared his startup Advanced Machine Innotifyigence has raised $1.03 billion in seed funding, which he declared may represent a record for Europe. Sharing a post on X (formerly Twitter), LeCun wrote: “Unveiling our new startup Advanced Machine Innotifyigence (AMI Labs). We just completed our seed round: $1.03B / 890M€, one the largest seeds ever, probably the largest for a European company”. “We’re hiring,” he added.According to a Reuters report, the funding values the company at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation. The startup aims to build artificial innotifyigence systems designed for reasoning, planning and “world models.”“AMI is developing world models that learn abstract representations of real-world sensor data, ignoring unpredictable details, and that build predictions in representation space,” the company declared. “AMI will advance AI research and develop applications where reliability, controllability, and safety really matter, especially for industrial process control, automation, wearable devices, robotics, healthcare, and beyond,” it added.
Funding round and investors
Advanced Machine Innotifyigence declared the $1.03 billion seed round was co-led by investment firms Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital and Bezos Expeditions.The company declared the funding will support the development of AI systems focutilized on reasoning, planning and decision-building in complex environments.
Yann LeCun’s role at Meta
Yann LeCun joined Meta in 2013 to create Facebook AI Research, later known as FAIR. He was one of the company’s most visible AI leaders before leaving at the conclude of 2025.Meanwhile, Meta has continued expanding its artificial innotifyigence efforts. In June 2025, the company reorganised its AI work under a new division called Meta Superinnotifyigence Labs, led by Alexandr Wang, former CEO of Scale AI.
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