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
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Published: 5 August 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 6 August 2026
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