AMD is acquiring AI company World Labs in a deal worth more than $8 billion
World Labs co-founder and CEO Fei-Fei Li. | Bloomberg via Getty Images 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 called Marble that lets users make interactive 3D worlds from a prompt, in
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AMD is acquiring World Labs, an AI research company, in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs was founded in 2024 by prominent researcher Dr. Fei-Fei Li and released its first commercial product, a world generation model called Marble, in 2025. The deal matters because it combines AMD's hardware expertise with World Labs' AI research capabilities, with the goal of developing AI hardware, software, and systems tailored to emerging models and applications. Following the acquisition, Li will become AMD's executive vice president and chief scientist, while the World Labs team will continue advancing AI model research.
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