AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs)
Category: Foundation Models / LLMs
Paris-based AI research lab co-founded by Yann LeCun building "world models" — AI systems that understand the physical world via the JEPA architecture rather than relying on LLMs. AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs) was founded in 2025. The company is led by Alexandre LeBrun. Based in Paris, France. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $1.03B. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Nvidia, Samsung, Sea, Temasek, Toyota Ventures, New Legacy Ventures, SBVA.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $1.03B
Value proposition
Develop world models that learn from reality (not just language), with long-term memory, physical-world understanding, and strategic reasoning — positioned as a fundamental-research alternative to LLM-centric AI.
Products and solutions
World models built on LeCun's JEPA (Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture), no commercial product yet — a fundamental research organization expected to take ~5 years to produce a saleable product.
Unique value
Founder-led by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun with a world-model approach (JEPA) that aims to overcome LLM limitations like hallucinations, backed by the largest prelaunch AI seed round in European history ($1.03B).
Target customer
Data-intensive industries including manufacturing, biomedicine, and robotics; first disclosed partner is Nabla (healthcare AI for clinical documentation).
Industries served
Healthcare (via Nabla partnership), manufacturing, biomedicine, robotics
Technology advantage
JEPA (Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture) proposed by LeCun in 2022; open-source research and code publication strategy; top-tier research team including Meta FAIR veterans.
How they differentiate
Focuses on world models that understand physical reality via JEPA rather than scaling LLMs; committed to open-source research and publishing; fundamental research-first approach with no near-term revenue.
Main competitors
World Labs (Fei-Fei Li), Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta (world-model research)
Key partnerships
Nabla (first disclosed partner, healthcare AI), strategic investors include Nvidia, Samsung, Sea, Temasek, Toyota Ventures, Publicis Groupe, Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault, Association Familiale Mulliez
Notable customers
Nabla (first disclosed partner, healthcare AI)
Major milestones
LeCun left Meta in November 2025, company founded December 15, 2025 in Paris, announced AMI Labs name and LeBrun as CEO in January 2026, raised $1.03B seed round at $3.5B pre-money valuation in March 2026.
Market positioning
Among the best-funded world-model research labs globally; largest prelaunch AI funding in European history; positioned to consolidate Paris as an AI hub alongside Mistral AI and H.
Geographic focus
Headquartered in Paris, France; offices in New York, Montreal, and Singapore
About Alexandre LeBrun
Ex-Meta AI research (FAIR); Founder of Wit.ai (acquired by Facebook in 2015), VirtuOz (acquired by Nuance), and Nabla (healthcare AI, where he remains chairman). École Polytechnique graduate.
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