AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2 Billion To Chase Physical AI

AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2 Billion To Chase Physical AI

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AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2 Billion To Chase Physical AI

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AMD is acquiring World Labs for $8.2B in stock, with Fei-Fei Li becoming AMD's chief scientist.

  • 01. $8.2B all-stock deal, AMD's second largest after Xilinx
  • 02. Fei-Fei Li becomes EVP and chief scientist reporting to Lisa Su
AMD is buying Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion in stock. World Labs builds spatial intelligence models that generate, reconstruct and simulate interactive 3D worlds from text, images and video, plus tools for robot learning and simulation. Li becomes AMD's executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting to Lisa Su. It's AMD's second-biggest deal after Xilinx and should close by the end of 2026.