Advanced Machine Intelligence

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Location Paris, France
Founded 2025
Latest Stage Seed
Total Raised $1.03B
Website https://ami.inc/
Sector
ai foundation-models world-models robotics ai-research deep-tech

Founders

Yann LeCun Co-Founder & Non-Executive Chairman
Alexandre Lebrun Co-Founder & CEO

About

Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) is a Paris-based AI lab founded in 2025 by computer science pioneer Yann LeCun (Turing Award winner, former Meta AI chief, non-executive chairman) and CEO Alexandre Lebrun 12. The company develops “world models”—AI systems designed to learn from and interact with three-dimensional physical reality, contrasting with current large language model approaches; LeCun’s JEPA (Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture) work informs the technical direction 12. AMI operates globally from Paris, New York, Montreal, and Singapore 2. The $1.03B Seed round announced March 10, 2026 was led by Bezos Expeditions, Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, and HV Capital at a $3.5B pre-money valuation, making it Europe’s largest seed round ever 123.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-03-10 Seed $1.03B Bezos Expeditions, Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital — 123

What Investors Say

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What Founders Say

Alexandre Lebrun, CEO, stated: “My prediction is that ‘world models’ will be the next buzzword. In six months, every company will call itself a world model to raise funding.” 1

Sources

  1. Crunchbase News, “Turing Winner LeCun’s New ‘World Model’ AI Lab Raises $1B In Europe’s Largest Seed Round Ever,” March 10, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/world-model-ai-lab-ami-raises-europes-largest-seed-round/↩↩↩↩↩

  2. France 24, “French AI startup AMI raises $1B to develop ‘universal intelligent systems,’” March 10, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260310-french-ai-startup-ami-raises-1b-to-develop-universal-intelligent-systems↩↩↩↩↩

  3. HPCwire, “Yann LeCun’s AMI Secures $1B Seed to Develop AI World Models,” March 11, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.hpcwire.com/aiwire/2026/03/11/yann-lecuns-ami-secures-1b-seed-to-develop-ai-world-models/↩↩