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January 13, 2026

Leaked pitch deck reveals Yann LeCun’s plan to build ‘first world model for business’

Sifted reported earlier this week that LeCun has poached key team members from Meta and Google DeepMind


Freya Pratty and Anne Sraders

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

Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun’s new startup, AMI Labs, plans to build “world models” to power businesses working on wearables, robotics and manufacturing, a leaked pitch deck seen by Sifted reveals. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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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