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AMD Acquires Fei-Fei Li's World Labs AI Startup for $8.2 Billion
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Moneycontrol•29-09-2026, 06:38
AMD Acquires Fei-Fei Li's World Labs AI Startup for $8.2 Billion
- •Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will acquire World Labs, an AI startup founded by Fei-Fei Li, for $8.2 billion in an all-stock transaction expected to close by year-end, pending regulatory approvals.
- •The acquisition aims to bolster AMD's AI capabilities by integrating World Labs' leading researchers, models, and insights into AI evolution, which will inform AMD's future hardware development.
- •World Labs specializes in developing "world models," AI software that generates and reconstructs 3D environments for applications in robotics, scientific discovery, and factory equipment.
- •Fei-Fei Li, World Labs' CEO and a renowned Stanford University researcher, will join AMD as an executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting directly to AMD CEO Lisa Su.
- •This deal will enhance AMD's offerings by providing diverse AI models to customers, expanding its product and service portfolio for data center clients, and accelerating the synergy between software and hardware development.
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to acquire World Labs in an all-stock transaction valued at $8.2 billion, with the deal expected to close by the end of the year subject to regulatory approvals.
As part of the agreement, World Labs founder and Stanford University researcher Fei-Fei Li will join AMD as an executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting directly to CEO Lisa Su.
World Labs develops world models, which are AI software systems capable of running applications in the physical world by generating and reconstructing three-dimensional environments for robotics and scientific discovery.
