AMD to Buy Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs AI Startup for $8.2 Billion
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 2 billion, gaining an artificial intelligence startup founded by industry pioneer and researcher Fei-Fei Li.
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 2 billion, gaining an artificial intelligence startup founded by industry pioneer and researcher Fei-Fei Li.
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Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to acquire World Labs for $8.2 billion, gaining an artificial intelligence startup founded by industry pioneer and researcher Fei-Fei Li.
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AMD is acquiring World Labs, an AI startup founded by industry pioneer and researcher Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock transaction valuing World Labs at about $8.2 billion. AMD CEO Lisa Su and World Labs co-founder and CEO Fei-Fei Li sit down with Bloomberg Tech's Ed Ludlow to discuss why AMD is purchasing World Labs, the two companies' shared vision for AI's future encompassing all layers of the stack
The chipmaker had previously invested in World Labs.
AMD acquires World Labs in $8.2 billion deal to bolster AI systems strategy Reuters
The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist.
The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. https:// techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/amd- will-acquire-fei-fei-lis-world-labs-for-8-2-billion/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
AMD Acquires Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2B L: https:// ir.amd.com/news-events/press-r eleases/detail/1299/amd-to-acquire-world-labs-to-advance-the-future-of-ai-compute C: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9884052 posted on 2026.09.28 at 16:40:54 (c=0, p=3)
AMD announced today that it's acquiring World Labs, an AI research lab co-founded by the prominent researcher Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs launched in 2024 and was valued at $1 billion in a matter of months. The startup launched its first commercial product, a world generation model […]
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li just co-founded spatial AI research company World Labs in 2024. Now it's joining AMD
World Labs develops AI software that can run applications in the physical world.