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  • Yann LeCun’s Paris-based AI world model startup raises more than $1BN

    Yann LeCun’s much-anticipated new startup, which is developing alternative AI models to large language models (LLMs), has raised more than $1bn in Europe’s largest-ever seed funding round, it has confirmed today. Announcing the funding round, LeCun, the former Meta chief AI scientist and Turing prize winner, said: “We just completed our seed round, one of read more

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  • Hiro Capital snaps up Nick Clegg and Yann LeCun, as launches fund

    London-based VC firm Hiro Capital has snapped up two high-profile individuals from the European tech scene, as it launches a new fund targeting the European scaleup gap. Nick Clegg, theformer deputy PM and former Meta executive,is joining as general partner and Meta’s outgoing chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, is joining Hiro Capital’s advisory board. The read more

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