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

TL;DR LeCun and Oriol Vinyals join 224 Ventures, a new AI fund with $100M+ in assets. Targets early stage AI with $1M-$5M checks. The fund is targeting $81 million for its core early stage vehicle, with about $30 million raised so far. Once the early stage fund closes, total assets should reach at least $150 million, according to Johnson. The focus is early stage AI applications, especially research talent building capital-efficient models.