Krux
March 15, 2026
Yann LeCun's AMI Labs Raises $1B Seed Round
Published: March 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Updated: March 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
100-word summary
AMI Labs, Yann LeCun's new venture, just closed a $1.03 billion seed round at a $3.5 billion valuation. Yes, seed. Nvidia, Bezos Expeditions, Samsung, and Toyota joined five co-leads including Cathay Innovation and Greycroft. The cash funds research into "world models," AI systems designed to understand physical reality and plan further ahead than today's chatbots. The bet: teaching machines how the real world works matters more than making them better at predicting the next word. Early partner Nabla suggests medical applications are already in motion. Four labs across Paris, New York, Montreal, and Singapore will burn through the capital on compute and talent. The biggest seed round ever signals investors...
What happened
AMI Labs, Yann LeCun's new venture, just closed a $1.03 billion seed round at a $3.5 billion valuation. Yes, seed. Nvidia, Bezos Expeditions, Samsung, and Toyota joined five co-leads including Cathay Innovation and Greycroft. The cash funds research into "world models," AI systems designed to understand physical reality and plan further ahead than today's chatbots. The bet: teaching machines how the real world works matters more than making them better at predicting the next word. Early partner Nabla suggests medical applications are already in motion. Four labs across Paris, New York, Montreal, and Singapore will burn through the capital on compute and talent.
Why it matters
The biggest seed round ever signals investors think reasoning about physics beats reasoning about text.