An emblematic figure of French Tech, often cited for her career in the American market, Nabla was taken by surprise by the revelations of Financial Times announcing the arrival of its CEO, Alex LeBrun, at the head of Advanced Machine Intelligence, the new startup founded by Yann LeCun, and gave, through a press release, more perspectives on the situation.
Based on recognized expertise in clinical AI, Nabla has established itself in recent years as one of the most advanced players in ambient AI in health. Its clinical assistants are now widely deployed for medical documentation, dictation and coding assistance, uses made possible by language models. These tools generate tangible operational gains, but remain confined to support functions. Hallucinations, response variability, difficulty integrating continuous and multimodal medical data are all obstacles in environments where traceability and auditability are prerequisites.
By engaging in the world modelsNabla seeks to exceed this technological ceiling, and this is the meaning of the exclusive partnership established with Advanced Machine Intelligence. Thus the structure founded by Yann LeCun will offer Nabla priority access to this new generation of AI architectures, allowing it to take the initiative in a market largely structured around language models.
The ambition is to equip its systems with simulation reasoning capabilities, counterfactual analyzes and better integration of continuous signals. An approach which opens a more credible trajectory than that proposed by LLMs alone for the development of agentic systems compatible with the regulatory requirements specific to the health sector, even if the product development schedule therefore remains suspended from that of AMI.
In terms of governance, Nabla indicates that Alexandre LeBrun retains a strategic role within the startup as Chief AI Scientist and Chairman, while operational management remains ensured by Delphine Groll, co-founder and COO. At the same time, the board of directors would have initiated the search for a new CEO.
This unforeseen communication exercise allows Nabla to regain control of the story. The objective is to reassure partners, customers and investors. Last June, the startup announced a funding round of 65 million euros.
Former scientific director of artificial intelligence at Meta, Yann LeCun is reportedly in advanced discussions to raise 500 million euros for his new start-up. According to the Financial Timesthe operation would value the company around 3 billion euros, even before its official launch.
