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Valuation
$8.2B (pending AMD acquisition, announced Sep 28, 2026; deal not yet closed)
As of Sep 28, 2026Value Add Pulse research
Company Snapshot
World Labs is a AI company, based in San Carlos, USA, founded 2024 by Fei-Fei Li. Latest valuation $8.2B (pending AMD acquisition, announced Sep 28, 2026; deal not yet closed) (As of Sep 28, 2026, Value Add Pulse research). Total funding $1.23B (As of Sep 28, 2026).
Recent changes
- Sep 30, 2026Sep 30, 2026Oura, World Labs Show Two Paths Out For Startups Pulse story
- Sep 28, 2026Sep 28, 2026Acquired for $8.2B, all-stockRumored TechCrunch
- Sep 28, 2026Sep 28, 2026First reported total funding: $1.23B TechCrunch
- Sep 28, 2026Sep 28, 2026AMD To Buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2B Pulse story
- Sep 28, 2026Sep 28, 2026AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2B Pulse story
Earlier changes (4)
- Sep 28, 2026Sep 28, 2026Valuation rose from $5B to $8.2B (pending AMD acquisition, announced Sep 28, 2026; deal not yet closed) Value Add Pulse enrichment
- Feb 18, 2026Feb 18, 2026First reported valuation: $5B TechCrunch
- Feb 2026Feb 2026Raised $1B Series B at a $5B valuation Value Add Pulse enrichment
- Sep 2024Sep 2024Raised $230M Seed at a $1B valuation Value Add Pulse enrichment
Funding History
3 events · sources dated per row| Date | Event | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | acquisitionRumored | $8.2B, all-stock | $8.2B | TechCrunch | |
| Feb 2026 | Series B | $1B | $5B | Value Add Pulse research | |
| Sep 2024 | Seed | $230M | $1B | Value Add Pulse research |
Underlying values
| As of | Value | Method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | $8.2B (pending AMD acquisition, announced Sep 28, 2026; deal not yet closed) | Reported | Value Add Pulse research |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $5B | Reported | TechCrunch |
Investors
Latest Pulse
- Oct 7, 2026North America VC Funding Fell 35% In Q3 Despite AI BoomNorth American startups raised $92 billion in Q3 2026, down 35% from Q2's megaround-fueled high but up 50% year over year, as AI companies captured roughly two-thirds of all venture dollars, per Crunchbase.→
- Oct 6, 2026Vinci Raises $250M At $1.5B To Simulate Chips With AIVinci, a Palo Alto startup using AI to simulate chip and hardware physics, raised a $250 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Advent, Temasek and Xora, less than a year after emerging from stealth.→
- Oct 6, 2026Nvidia Backs Reactor, Now At $74M, To Run World ModelsNvidia's venture arm NVentures invested in Reactor, a startup building cloud infrastructure to run 'world models' faster and cheaper, as the company's total funding reaches $74 million five months after emerging from stealth.→
- Oct 4, 2026AI Megadeals Just Reset What 'Big' MeansFive AI deals from the past two weeks -- AMD's $8.2B buy, Supabase's $150M round plus a Turso buy, two $400M security rounds, and a $1B agent round -- show AI financing repricing from billions into the trillions, benchmarked against Anthropic's $2T IPO target.→
- Sep 30, 2026Oura, World Labs Show Two Paths Out For StartupsOura's stalled IPO and AMD's announced $8.2 billion acquisition of World Labs (still pending regulatory approval) show 2026 rewarding M&A exits over public listings for venture-backed AI companies.→
- Sep 28, 2026AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2BAMD is paying $8.2 billion in stock for Fei-Fei Li's spatial-intelligence startup World Labs, a direct answer to Nvidia's own world-model push and its pending Hugging Face acquisition.→
- Sep 28, 2026AMD To Buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2BAMD is acquiring Fei-Fei Li's spatial-intelligence startup World Labs for $8.2 billion, the chipmaker's largest AI acquisition yet as it races to build a software layer around its silicon.→
- Sep 20, 2026World Model Startups Have Billions But No Business PlanA TechCrunch panel with Yann LeCun's AMI Labs and Fei-Fei Li's World Labs found both leading world-model companies evasive about commercialization plans, despite AMI raising over $1 billion and World Labs seeking a $5 billion valuation.→
- Aug 26, 2026Robotics Startup Generalist Hits $3B ValuationGeneralist, a two-year-old robot foundation-model startup founded by ex-Google DeepMind researchers, is raising a $200 million extension led by 8VC at a $3 billion valuation, 50% above its $2 billion mark from June.→
- Jul 1, 2026Ashton Kutcher Leaves Sound Ventures to Launch New Early-Stage Firm With Morgan BellerAshton Kutcher is departing Sound Ventures, the firm he co-founded roughly eleven years ago, to launch a new early-stage vehicle with Morgan Beller — who co-led Meta's Libra/Diem cryptocurrency project and was most recently a general partner at NFX after a stint at Andreessen Horowitz. The new firm will focus on very early-stage AI infrastructure, energy and deep-tech companies built around hard science rather than software alone, a deliberate departure from Sound Ventures' later-stage, concentrated bets.→
Coverage Timeline
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IPO
Oura, World Labs Show Two Paths Out For Startups
Oura's stalled IPO and AMD's announced $8.2 billion acquisition of World Labs (still pending regulatory approval) show 2026 rewarding M&A exits over public listings for venture-backed AI companies.
DEEP DIVE
AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2B
BIG TECH$8.2B acquisition
AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2B
AMD is paying $8.2 billion in stock for Fei-Fei Li's spatial-intelligence startup World Labs, a direct answer to Nvidia's own world-model push and its pending Hugging Face acquisition.
DEEP DIVE
AMD To Buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2B
BIG TECH$8.2B acquisition
AMD To Buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs For $8.2B
AMD is acquiring Fei-Fei Li's spatial-intelligence startup World Labs for $8.2 billion, the chipmaker's largest AI acquisition yet as it races to build a software layer around its silicon.
DEEP DIVE
World Model Startups Have Billions But No Business Plan
AI
World Model Startups Have Billions But No Business Plan
A TechCrunch panel with Yann LeCun's AMI Labs and Fei-Fei Li's World Labs found both leading world-model companies evasive about commercialization plans, despite AMI raising over $1 billion and World Labs seeking a $5 billion valuation.
DEEP DIVE
Value Add Research
- AI & Technology · Oct 6, 2026World Labs Revenue 2026: How It Makes Money
- AI & Technology · Aug 29, 2026World Labs Valuation 2026: Fei-Fei Li's AI Startup at a Reported $5B
- AI & Technology · Oct 7, 2026Vinci Valuation 2026: $1.5B After a $250M Series B
- AI & Technology · Oct 3, 2026General Intuition Valuation 2026: $6.2B, $220M Round
- AI & Technology · Aug 29, 2026Simile AI Valuation 2026: $2B After a 20x Jump in 5 Months
- AI & Technology · Jul 27, 2026$32B SSI Valuation Implies $640M Per Employee, $0 Revenue
- Market & Trends · Jun 14, 2026Unicorns 2026: 101+ Hit $1B
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World Labs FAQ
What is World Labs's valuation?
World Labs's valuation is $8.2B (pending AMD acquisition, announced Sep 28, 2026; deal not yet closed) (As of Sep 28, 2026, Value Add Pulse research).
How much has World Labs raised?
World Labs has raised $1.23B in total funding (As of Sep 28, 2026, TechCrunch).
Who are World Labs's investors?
World Labs's investors include AMD Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Ashton Kutcher, Autodesk, Fidelity Investments, and 10 more (As of Sep 28, 2026).
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- Value Add Pulse researchValue Add VC data3 facts
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