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World Labs
San Francisco, CA · Founded 2024
World Labs develops spatial-intelligence models that generate, reconstruct and simulate interactive 3D environments from text, image and video inputs, with technology for robot learning and simulation.
Funding
- Last round or tender
- Funding round, Feb 18, 2026, $1.00B raisedWorld Labs (company blog), Feb 18, 2026Unnamed by the company.
- Last valuation
- No citable valuation
Secondary venues
- Clarity (formerly Hiive)public page seen Oct 6, 2026
- Augmentpublic page seen Oct 6, 2026
- Caplightpublic page seen Oct 6, 2026
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Reads
Acquisition: Agreed
A deal is announced and has not closed.
Prepared by PiggyGPT, as of Oct 6, 2026
Signals
- Feb 18, 2026World Labs announced $1 billion in new funding from investors including AMD, Autodesk, Emerson Collective, Fidelity, NVIDIA and Sea.World Labs (company blog), Feb 18, 2026
- Feb 18, 2026Reuters reported the round, that Autodesk’s strategic investment accounted for $200 million of it, that the company disclosed no valuation, and that Bloomberg had reported January funding talks at about $5 billion.Reuters (via Yahoo Finance), Feb 18, 2026
- Sep 28, 2026AMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.2 billion, expected to close by the end of 2026 subject to regulatory approvals, with Fei-Fei Li to become AMD executive vice president and chief scientist.AMD (press release), Sep 28, 2026
- Sep 28, 2026World Labs announced it has signed a definitive agreement to join AMD.World Labs (company blog), Sep 28, 2026
Named counterparties
- AMDThe acquirer under the definitive agreement announced September 28, 2026; a strategic investor in the February 2026 round.AMD (press release), Sep 28, 2026
Counterparties are named for a cited reason: a partnership, an investment, or a stated appetite. Naming is not a forecast.
A summary of what the figures on this page add up to, prepared by PiggyGPT from the record on file and its cited sources. Not the Street's view, and not advice.
Sources
- AMD to Acquire World Labs to Advance the Future of AI ComputeAMD (press release), Sep 28, 2026
- World Labs is Joining AMDWorld Labs (company blog), Sep 28, 2026
- World Labs Announces New FundingWorld Labs (company blog), Feb 18, 2026
- AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raises $1 billion in fundingReuters (via Yahoo Finance), Feb 18, 2026
Researched Oct 6, 2026