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July 23, 2026

Meet the team helping Yann LeCun build AI startup AMI Labs

Dozens of Meta alumni have followed LeCun to join the buzzy world models startup


Yann LeCun at the AI Action Summit in Paris in February 2025. Credit: Isabelle Harsin/SIPA/MEAE

Four months after raising a blockbuster $1bn seed round, AMI Labs is growing at pace. 

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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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