Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs raises $1.03B
Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs announced a Seed round of $1.03B on 15 March 2026. The company operates in AI & Machine Learning and is based in France. It was founded by Yann LeCun, Founder.
Industry
AI & Machine Learning
Founder
Yann LeCun
Founder, Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs
Outreach angles
- -AMI Labs raised $1.03B in seed funding - the largest seed round in European history - at a $3.5B valuation, founded by Turing Award winner and former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.
- -LeCun's departure from Meta to found AMI Labs represents one of the highest-profile academic and industry crossover bets on independent AI research outside of US-dominated frontier labs.
- -The $3.5B valuation at seed stage reflects investor pricing of LeCun's intellectual capital and research network as a durable moat before any product has been publicly released.
Signals
SeedAI-NativeDeep TechSecond-Time FounderEx-FAANG
Round details
Company: Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs
Domain: amilabs.xyz
Amount: $1.03B
Stage: Seed
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Country: France
Announced: 15 March 2026
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