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LeCun Raises $1B Seed to Prove LLMs Are a Dead End
Yann LeCun's AMI Labs just closed a $1.03 billion seed round at a $3.5 billion valuation — Europe's largest ever. The Turing Award winner is betting that world models will make today's LLMs obsolete, and Nvidia, Bezos, Eric Schmidt, and Samsung agree.
Wayve Raises $1.2B at $8.6B Valuation for AV AI
British self-driving startup Wayve raises $1.2 billion in a Series D led by Eclipse, Balderton, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, hitting an $8.6 billion valuation. With Uber robotaxi trials planned for London in 2026 and backing from Microsoft, Nvidia, and three major automakers, it's one of the largest UK AI rounds ever.
Caterpillar Taps Nvidia to Build AI Agents for Autonomous Construction Equipment
Caterpillar is piloting 'Cat AI,' a system of AI agents running on Nvidia's physical AI platform, in its excavators. This marks one of the first major industrial deployments of Nvidia's push beyond data centers—and signals a coming wave of autonomous heavy machinery.