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Digitimes September 29, 2026 By DIGITIMES neutral

AMD pays US$8.2 billion for Fei-Fei Li's 3D world-modeling startup to shape future AI chips

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AMD has agreed to acquire World Labs, the San Francisco AI research startup led by Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal valued at about US$8.2 billion. The chipmaker says it wants the startup's model expertise to shape its future hardware, software and systems.
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