Scoble: World Labs went from founding to $8B+ AMD acquisition in just 24 months
Scobleizer · x · 2026-09-29
Scobleizer notes World Labs went from founding to an $8+ billion AMD acquisition in just 24 months, calling the world-model pace insane. He adds the week is still hot: OpenAI may show its secret hardware project tomorrow—reportedly with 20 launches—and San Francisco has simultaneous gold rushes in AI, robotics, holodecks/metaverses, with brain-computer interfaces next.
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