Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun’s new startup AMI Labs is taking shape, with a handful of key hires from some of the world’s leading AI companies, Sifted can reveal.
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January 12, 2026
Yann LeCun poaches from Meta, Google DeepMind for new startup
New details on the buzzy startup's team formed by Meta’s former chief AI scientist to build world models
Anne Sraders and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
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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
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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