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August 5, 2026

Yann LeCun joins new VC firm

This comes less than a month after the ‘AI godfather’ launched and quit Extelligence Invest

Former Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun has joined new firm 224 Ventures, which will invest in AI startups.

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Maya Dharampal-Hornby

Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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