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Disagreement Emerges Over AMD's Acquisition Price for World Labs

4 reports 4 reporting sources 2026-09-30New

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AMD announced an all-stock acquisition of Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026 and remains subject to regulatory approval. After the closing, Fei-Fei Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting directly to Lisa Su, while co-founders Justin Johnson and Ben Mildenhall will continue to lead the team as it is integrated into AMD.

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AMD Acquires Fei-Fei Li's World Labs at an $820 Million ValuationArs Technica · AI

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9/30
  1. Ars Technica · AIPicks
    AMD to acquire Fei-Fei Li-founded World Labs in deal valued at $820 million

    AMD and World Labs announced that AMD will acquire the world-model company by year-end in a deal valued at $820 million, subject to regulatory approval. World Labs was founded in 2024 by computer vision scientist Fei-Fei Li and Justin Johnson, Christoph Lassner, and Ben Mildenhall. It initially raised $230 million, part of it from AMD.

  2. The DecoderPicks
    AMD to acquire world-model startup World Labs for $8.2 billion

    AMD announced an all-stock acquisition of spatial intelligence startup World Labs for about $8.2 billion. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li will join AMD's leadership team as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting directly to CEO Lisa Su and leading frontier research.

9/29
  1. Latent SpacePicks
    AMD acquires World Labs for $8.2 billion; Atlas addresses sparse reconstruction

    AMD acquired World Labs for $8.2 billion. The official blog says that since its founding in 2024, World Labs has built a model-training team for image, video, and spatial reconstruction, and has advanced robotics simulation through its acquisition of SceniX.

  2. 量子位Picks
    AMD to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion in an all-stock deal; Li to become chief scientist

    AMD announced an all-stock acquisition of Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. After closing, Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting directly to Lisa Su; co-founders Justin Johnson and Ben Mildenhall will continue leading the team as it joins AMD.

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