Overview
- He is expected to leave in the coming months to found a new company and is in early fundraising talks, according to the Financial Times.
- Meta shares fell more than 1% in early trading following the report, market coverage noted.
- LeCun now reports to Alexandr Wang after Meta elevated a deployment-first strategy and created the TBD Lab to drive its next models.
- A longtime critic of relying solely on large language models, LeCun has argued current systems lack the reasoning and planning needed for human-like intelligence.
- The reported move adds to AI leadership churn at Meta, including Joelle Pineau’s exit and roughly 600 roles cut from the research division in recent weeks.