AIX Ventures co-founded a $100 million AI fund, 224 Ventures, with Turing Award winner Yang Likun joining

AIX Ventures co-founder Shaun Johnson announced the launch of a $100 million artificial intelligence fund, 224 Ventures, which currently manages assets of approximately $100 million. The fund plans to invest between $1 million and $5 million in AI-native teams, with investment directions covering AI applications, robotics, infrastructure, and core intelligence fields.

The fund has 244 LPs, most of whom come from the AI industry, including researchers, product and engineering leaders, as well as corporate AI and data executives. Former Meta Chief AI Scientist and Turing Award winner Yann LeCun and former Google DeepMind researcher Oriol Vinyals also announced their joining to co-lead the fund. Yann LeCun currently also serves as the Executive Chairman of AI startup AMI Labs, which focuses on "world model" technology and has completed over $1 billion in seed financing.