
← Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast15. Juli · 11 Min.
Yann LeCun launched a new VC fund — then quit. What happened?
Yann LeCun launched a new VC fund — then quit. What happened?
Last Friday, Europe’s tech ecosystem was abuzz with the news AI godfather Yann LeCun was launching an AI VC firm. Then, hours later, he quit. This week on the podcast, reporter Maya Dharampal-Hornby joins host Freya Pratty to discuss the curious tale of Yann LeCun’s shortly-lived firm, Extelligence Invest. The pair chat about where Extelligence was going to invest, who was involved and why Yann might have left the fund. The former Meta chief AI scientist still has a lot on his plate. Earlier ...