速递｜Yann LeCun（杨立坤）新公司AMI Labs聚焦“世界模型”，寻求超50亿美元估值融资

Core Insights - Renowned AI scientist LeCun has confirmed the establishment of a new startup named "Advanced Machine Intelligence" (AMI), with LeCun serving as Executive Chairman and Alex LeBrun as CEO [1][2] - AMI is reportedly planning to raise €500 million (approximately $586 million) at a valuation of €3 billion (around $3.5 billion) even before its official launch [2] - AMI is developing a world model AI, which aims to address the structural hallucination issues of large language models (LLMs) by understanding environments and simulating causal relationships [3] Company Overview - LeCun, a professor at NYU and former VP and Chief AI Scientist at Meta, is recognized for his contributions to reinforcement learning and is a recipient of the prestigious A.M. Turing Award [3] - The world model AI being developed by AMI is seen as a potential solution to the inherent uncertainties of LLMs, which can lead to misinformation [3] Funding and Market Position - The valuation and funding goals of AMI are considered ambitious, especially in comparison to other AI startups, such as "Mind Machine Lab," which was valued at $12 billion during its seed round [2][3] - Nabla, the company from which LeBrun is transitioning, has raised a total of $120 million, including a $70 million Series C round completed in June [6][7] Leadership Transition - LeBrun is transitioning from CEO of Nabla to CEO of AMI, while Nabla's COO, Delphine Grol, will temporarily manage Nabla during this transition [4][6] - LeBrun has indicated that Nabla is experiencing significant growth, with annual recurring revenue expected to exceed $1 billion [7]