AMD acquires Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion; Li becomes chief scientist
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-29
AMD is acquiring World Labs, a leading developer of models that understand physical reality, for $8.2 billion. Founder Fei-Fei Li joins AMD as EVP and chief scientist. The companies formed an inference optimization and training partnership last year, and Li appeared at AMD's CES keynote. World Labs says AI development requires "close collaboration across model research, systems and compute," while AMD says frontier workloads will shape its chip roadmap.
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