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Nvidia in talks to back Yann LeCun’s new AI startup in bumper funding round

The startup's round was quickly oversubscribed, sources tell Sifted, with the final close expected to be higher than €500m


Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Credit: Nvidia

Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is in discussions with chip titan Nvidia to fundraise for his new startup AMI Labs, three sources tell Sifted.

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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

Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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