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Sep 28, 2026

AMD acquires AI startup World Labs founded by Fei-Fei Li for $8.2 billion

Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to acquire World Labs, the artificial intelligence startup founded by renowned computer scientist Fei-Fei Li, for $8.2 billion in stock. The acquisition brings one of AI's most influential researchers to AMD as the chipmaker escalates its rivalry with Nvidia in the AI chip market.

Sep 28, 2026·7 sources
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  • ▪Synthetic data from world models is considered crucial for training general-purpose robots due to a shortage of useful real-world data.
  • ▪Fei-Fei Li, a Stanford University computer science professor, is widely recognized for creating ImageNet, a massive database of labeled images that advanced computer vision.
  • ▪Advanced Micro Devices had previously only offered text- and video-based artificial intelligence models to the public before acquiring World Labs.

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