Yann LeCun's Second Attempt at a VC Fund Lands with $100M and Gemini's Co-Lead as a Partner

Yann LeCun's second attempt at a VC fund lands with $100M and Gemini's co-lead as a partner

Yann LeCun has found a VC fund that will actually launch. The Meta former chief AI scientist is joining 224 Ventures, a new firm that announced Wednesday with more than $100 million in assets under management. His co-partner is Oriol Vinyals, who until today served as Gemini’s co-technical lead at Google DeepMind. Shaun Johnson, who […] This story continues at The Next Web

Yann LeCun Joins New AI Investing Firm 224 Ventures

Meta Platforms Inc.’s former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, often called one of the “godfathers of AI,” is joining a new venture firm to invest in artificial intelligence startups.

Yann LeCun joins new $100M AI fund, weeks after his last one lasted 8 hours

Yann LeCun is now part of 224 Ventures, a firm co-led by Oriol Vinyals from DeepMind and Shaun Johnson, who was previously with AIX. This new fund comes after LeCun’s last venture, Extelligence Invest, which closed just 8 hours after its announcement on July 15. The company says that LeCun, Vinyals, and Johnson will invest only through 224 Ventures. Yann LeCun, who was previously Meta’s chief AI scientist, has joined 224 Ventures. The new firm a…