Yann Le Cun: 'Why I'm leaving Meta to launch my own AI startup'
- lastmansurfing
- Jan 18
- 1 min read
At 65, with his bright blue eyes framed by his signature Ray-Ban Wayfarer glasses, Yann Le Cun, a leading figure in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), is determined to open a new chapter in his life.
After laying the foundations of modern AI as a researcher, which earned him the prestigious 2018 Turing Award alongside colleagues Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, and leading AI research at Meta for over 12 years, the French scientist is launching his own start-up, called AMI, for Advanced Machine Intelligence. He envisions it as a "global company."
Le Cun is keeping the details of his fundraising (estimated at €500 million) and the makeup of his team under wraps until formal announcements, expected in February.
For now, it is known that the company's headquarters will be in Paris and that Le Cun has already recruited Laurent Solly, the former director of Meta France, as well as Alex LeBrun, founder of the health-focused AI start-up Nabla. The entrepreneur, who also resides part-time in New York, hopes AMI will help usher in a new era for AI.
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