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AMD to Buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 Billion and Make Her Chief Scientist
The chipmaker is paying for a two-year-old spatial-intelligence startup and the researcher behind ImageNet, betting that world models will shape the next generation of AI silicon.
By Tomás Videla
Sep 29, 2026 · 7 min read
Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to acquire World Labs, the spatial-intelligence startup founded by Stanford computer scientist Fei-Fei Li, for $8.2 billion. AMD disclosed the transaction on Monday and filed a Form 8-K the same day reporting an unregistered sale of equity securities, indicating that stock forms part of the consideration. The deal is expected to close before year-end, subject to regulatory approval.
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Tomás Videla
Tomás writes about growth-stage companies, compensation and the private markets that fund them.
Tomás writes about growth-stage companies, compensation and the private markets that fund them.