Paris-based frontier AI research startup Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) has secured $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion valuation, in a round co-led by Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, and Bezos Expeditions.
- Co-founded in 2026 by Yann LeCun, Meta’s former chief AI scientist, and serial entrepreneur Alex LeBrun, AMI is building AI that can perceive, reason, and act in the real world.
- The company’s technology helps robots, wearable devices, and industrial systems learn from their surroundings, make predictions, and plan safe actions, offering an alternative to AI that focuses solely on language.
"We share one belief: real intelligence does not start in language. It starts in the world. We can build the future of AI together: with industry partners, product developers, and with the global academic research community via open publications and open source," AMI's team commented.
Details of the deal
- The round also saw support from Nvidia, Samsung, Toyota Ventures, as well as investors including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, French billionaire and telecommunications executive Xavier Niel, and Mark Cuban.
- The fresh capital of $1.03B will allow AMI to fund the development of world-model architectures capable of learning from complex sensor data and planning actions safely.
- The investment will also support the growth of teams across Paris, New York, Montreal, and Singapore, build advanced computing infrastructure, and drive applications in robotics, industrial automation, healthcare, and wearable devices where reliability is essential.
