AMD agreed to buy World Labs in an all-stock deal worth roughly $8.2 billion, installing Fei-Fei Li as EVP and Chief Scientist. The company says the acquisition advances spatial intelligence—models that reconstruct, simulate, and reason about 3D physical worlds—to inform future chip and systems design.
The deal is a research-and-roadmap bet: $8.2B is about 0.8% of AMD’s ~ $1 trillion market cap and is intended to guide future chip, system, and software co-design.
AMD positions the acquisition as a move to catch up in world models and spatial AI where rivals like Nvidia have existing efforts (e.g., Cosmos).
Fei Fei and World Models are a leader in this area and need the trillion dollar financial power of AMD to have a good shot at taking AI to the next level. Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for ~$8.2B in stock, installing Li as chief scientist. Thats ~64% above the $5B valuation talk of World Lab for a $1B February round, which AMD and Nvidia both joined.
The hard problems (science, robotics, design) need models that reason over structure and behavior of the physical world. He is open to public speaking and advising engagements. AMD's stated reason is co-design: next-gen models tell them what chips, systems, and software must do next.
Great news for world models and spatial-intelligence. Li becomes AMD EVP and Chief Scientist, reporting to Lisa Su. It is a team and stack for spatial intelligence.
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li just co-founded spatial AI research company World Labs in 2024. Now it's joining AMD
AMD’s latest chips bring powerful AI computing to PCs, enabling larger models to run locally and opening the door to more capable AI agents.
AMD is betting big on "world models" that could power robots, factories, and other physical AI systems. It's acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs.
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
The deal, which is expected to close by year's end, is worth $8.2 billion.
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