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December 18, 2025

Yann LeCun raising €500m at €3bn valuation for new AI startup

The outgoing Meta exec announced last month he was launching a new project to build “world models”

Meta’s outgoing chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is in talks with investors to raise €500m at a valuation of about €3bn for a new startup he is launching early next year, according to the Financial Times.

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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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