# AMD is acquiring AI company World Labs in a deal worth more than $8 billion

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> **Original Source**: [The Verge AI](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1001749/amd-world-labs-ai-acquisition-deal)
> **Author**: Jay Peters (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Monday, September 28, 2026
> **Category**: RESEARCH
> **Tags**: News, The Verge AI, AI

## Executive Summary
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

## Key Takeaways
- World Labs’ co-founder and CEO will become AMD’s chief scientist.
- The World Labs deal is just the latest multi-billion dollar AI-related acquisition as of late, with Nvidia announcing earlier this month that it would be acquiring Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion .
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## Full Coverage
World Labs' co-founder and CEO will become AMD's chief scientist

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 generation model called Marble that lets users make interactive 3D worlds from a prompt, in 2025

The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. Li will become EVP and chief scientist at AMD, reporting to AMD CEO Lisa Su, while the World Labs team will "continue to focus on advancing AI model research." AMD also notes that the acquisition will strengthen "its ability to develop AI hardware, software and systems around the needs of emerging models and applications."

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