Yann LeCun, Turing Award winner and Meta’s Chief AI Scientist for 12 years, has departed to launch Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs — a startup targeting a $3.5 billion valuation before even launching.
Achievement: Founded FAIR (Facebook AI Research) in 2013
Recognition: Turing Award Winner (2018), Godfather of CNNs
AMI Labs Vision
LeCun’s new company will focus on “world models” using V-JEPA architecture — a fundamentally different approach from the Large Language Models (LLMs) that dominate today’s AI landscape.
“LLMs are a dead end for superintelligence. I’m not gonna change my mind because some dude thinks I’m wrong. I’m not wrong.”
— Yann LeCun
The Fundamental Fork
Approach
LeCun / AMI
Meta / Wang
Architecture
World Models
LLMs (Llama)
Learning
Video, Physics
Text at Scale
Timeline
5-10 years
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Meta’s Response
Meta has appointed Alexandr Wang, 28-year-old Scale AI founder, as Chief AI Officer in a $14.3 billion deal — signaling a shift toward execution over research.
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