AMI Labs
Paris-based AI research lab building world models that learn from sensor data and plan, co-founded by Yann LeCun. It launched in March 2026 with a USD 1.03 billion seed round.
Industry: AI research (world models) | Location: Paris, France | Founded: 2025 | Total Funding: USD 1B
About AMI Labs
AMI Labs, short for Advanced Machine Intelligence, is a Paris-headquartered AI research lab building world models. These are systems that learn abstract representations of sensor data, predict the consequences of actions and plan, offered as an alternative to large language models. Its website says it aims to build controllable, safe AI that understands the real world, has persistent memory and can reason and plan, targeting industrial automation, wearables, robotics and healthcare. TechCrunch said it uses the Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture proposed by Yann LeCun in 2022.
The French company was registered in December 2025, according to the Paris business register data shown by Societe.com, and launched publicly on 10 March 2026. LeCun, a Turing Award winner who left Meta in November 2025, is co-founder and executive chair. Alexandre LeBrun, formerly chief executive of the health AI company Nabla, is chief executive. Laurent Solly, previously Meta's vice president for Europe, is chief operating officer, Saining Xie is chief science officer, Pascale Fung is chief research and innovation officer and Michael Rabbat, based in Montreal, is vice president of world models.
AMI Labs is headquartered in Paris and lists teams in New York, Montreal and Singapore. Heise, citing the New York Times, reported about twelve employees at launch. It has no product, does fundamental research, plans to publish papers and release open-source code, and expects no near-term revenue. LeBrun said at least a year of research is needed before the first real-world applications. Nabla is its first disclosed partner and is expected to get early access to the models.
AMI Labs announced a seed round of USD 1.03 billion, about EUR 890 million, at a valuation of about USD 3.5 billion before the money. Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital and Bezos Expeditions co-led it. Other investors include Nvidia, Samsung, Sea, Temasek, Toyota Ventures, Bpifrance Digital Venture and Shorooq Partners, along with individuals such as Eric Schmidt, Xavier Niel and Mark Cuban. Press described it as the largest seed round in Europe. TechCrunch reported that it first sought EUR 500 million in December 2025.
Leadership
- Yann LeCun, Co-founder and Executive Chair
- Alexandre LeBrun, Chief Executive Officer
- Laurent Solly, Chief Operating Officer
- Saining Xie, Chief Science Officer
- Pascale Fung, Chief Research and Innovation Officer
- Alexandre LeBrun, Chief Executive Officer
- Michael Rabbat, Vice President of World Models