Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI)
Category: Foundation Models / LLMs
A research-first AI company developing 'World Models' (JEPA architectures) that possess physical understanding, reasoning, and planning capabilities to supersede current generative LLMs. Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) was founded in 2025. The company is led by Alexandre Lebrun. Based in Paris, France. Team size: 10-50. Total funding raised: $1.03B (~€890M). Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Cathay Innovation (co-lead), Greycroft (co-lead), Hiro Capital (co-lead), HV Capital (co-lead), Bezos Expeditions (co-lead), NVIDIA, Temasek, Samsung, Toyota Ventures, Sea, SBVA, Bpifrance Digital Venture.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Team size
- 10-50
- Total funding
- $1.03B (~€890M)
Value proposition
Delivers AI systems that understand cause-and-effect and physics (World Models) to eliminate hallucinations and enable reliable complex planning, unlike statistical text predictors.
Products and solutions
AMI World Model Engine (JEPA-based), Agentic Planning & Reasoning System, Physical Intelligence Simulators, Healthcare Agentic Layer (with Nabla)
Unique value
Rejects the dominant LLM/Transformer paradigm (next-token prediction) in favor of 'Objective-Driven AI' that predicts abstract representations of the future.
Target customer
Enterprises in Robotics, Transport, and Healthcare; AI developers requiring grounded reasoning agents
Industries served
Robotics & Automation, Healthcare, Transportation / Autonomous Systems, Scientific Research
Technology advantage
Combines Yann LeCun's scientific authority and proprietary JEPA architecture with the operational track record of CEO Alexandre Lebrun (ex-Wit.ai, Nabla).
How they differentiate
Uses JEPA (Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture) for objective-driven planning and physical understanding, rejecting the hallucination-prone 'next-token prediction' paradigm of Generative LLMs.
Main competitors
World Labs (Fei-Fei Li), Physical Intelligence (Pi), OpenAI
Key partnerships
Nabla (exclusive strategic healthcare partnership / first deployment partner)
Notable customers
Nabla (Healthcare Partner)
Major milestones
Founded Dec 2025 (Paris) by Yann LeCun after leaving Meta, Alexandre LeBrun appointed CEO; LeCun Executive Chairman, Closed $1.03B (~€890M) seed Mar 2026 at $3.5B pre-money (~$4.53B post) — Europe’s largest seed, Strategic exclusive partnership with Nabla for healthcare world-model deployment, Multi-hub ops: Paris, New York, Montreal, Singapore
Growth metrics
Post-launch (Mar 2026); Pre-product / research-stage; Team ~11-50 (LinkedIn); $1.03B seed closed; Hubs Paris/NYC/Montreal/Singapore; Courting robotics, manufacturing, electronics (Jul 2026)
Market positioning
European 'Post-LLM' industrial AI lab focused on reliability and reasoning
Geographic focus
Europe (Paris) vs. US (Silicon Valley)
Patents and IP
Undisclosed (Stealth); Built on I-JEPA/V-JEPA research foundations
About Alexandre Lebrun
Co-founder & CEO of Nabla (Healthcare AI); Co-founder & CEO of Wit.ai (acquired by Facebook); Head of Engineering at Facebook AI Research (FAIR); Founder of VirtuOz.
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Official website: https://amilabs.xyz