AMD acquires World Labs in $8.2 billion deal to bolster AI systems strategy
FILE PHOTO: The AMD logo in this illustration, taken June 11, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Read a summary of this article on FAST.
Get bite-sized news via a new
cards interface. Give it a try.
Click here to return to FAST
Tap here to return to FAST
FAST
Sept 28 : Advanced Micro Devices said on Monday it would acquire Fei-Fei Li’s AI startup World Labs in an all-stock deal valued at $8.2 billion, giving the chipmaker deeper access to research on AI systems that can understand and simulate the physical world.
The deal gives AMD a foothold in AI-model research as the industry moves beyond chatbots toward systems that can reason about, simulate and interact with the physical world, helping the chipmaker tailor its infrastructure to those emerging workloads.
San Francisco-based World Labs, which raised $1 billion in a funding round earlier this year, develops spatial-intelligence models that can generate, reconstruct and simulate interactive three-dimensional environments from text, image and video inputs.
The technology is aimed at helping AI systems better understand and reason about the physical world, with potential uses in robotics, simulation, design and other real-world applications.
Guess Word
Crack the word, one row at a time
Buzzword
Create words using the given letters
Mini Sudoku
Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser
Mini Crossword
Small grid, big challenge
Word Search
Spot as many words as you can
The startup also develops technology for robotic learning and simulation. Spatial intelligence differs from AI systems focused primarily on language or two-dimensional images by seeking to model how objects, spaces and actions work in a three-dimensional environment.
AMD said it expects World Labs’ research to provide deeper insight into emerging AI workloads and help guide its technology roadmaps across hardware, software and systems.
Li, a prominent AI researcher known for her work in computer vision, will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist after the transaction closes. She will report to CEO Lisa Su. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026.
Source: Reuters
Sign up for our newsletters
Get the CNA app
Stay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best stories
Get WhatsApp alerts
Join our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat app
Get bite-sized news via a new
cards interface. Give it a try.
Click here to return to FAST
Tap here to return to FAST
FAST
