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March 26, 2026

The ‘maverick’ founder Yann LeCun handpicked to run AMI Labs

After launching three AI startups, Lebrun has embarked on the ‘project of a lifetime’ as CEO of LeCun’s new startup


Over the past 25 years, French serial entrepreneur Alexandre Lebrun successfully sold two AI startups to Nasdaq-listed companies, led Big Tech giant Meta’s AI research lab in Paris and since 2018 has been scaling his third business, Nabla, the AI assistants for doctors.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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