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SBVA invests 50 billion won in Yann LeCun-founded AMI seed round
SBVA said on Tuesday it invested about 50 billion won in the seed round of AMI (Advanced Machine Intelligence), a global frontier lab founded by AI scholar Yann LeCun. The round also included global institutional investors Greycroft Partners, Cathay Innovation and Hiro Capital, as well as Nvidia. SBVA said the investment was made through its existing funds and a newly formed Alpha AI Architecture Fund. AMI aims to develop a “world model” based on self-supervised learning and JEPA.
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AMI Labs founded by Yann LeCun raises $1.03 billion to step up world model development
AMI Labs, founded by AI researcher Yann LeCun, has raised $1.03 billion to develop a “world model,” SiliconANGLE reported on March 10 local time. The round included Khosla Ventures, Greycroft, Hiro Capital and Bezos Expeditions, and also brought in Nvidia and Samsung Electronics. AMI Labs was valued at $3.5 billion. The company aims to analyse camera and sensor data and apply AI across industries, including robotics.
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AI price war begins as physical AI market expands
Price competition among major AI companies is intensifying as providers introduce lower-priced chatbot subscriptions aimed at reducing barriers for free users to switch to paid plans. OpenAI expanded its ad-supported ChatGPT Go plan beyond India, and Google launched a $7.99 monthly Google AI Plus plan globally. Separately, companies are speeding efforts to apply physical AI in manufacturing, while startups and enterprises pursue funding, partnerships and product rollouts across robotics, automation and AI platforms.
