AMD expects its World Labs acquisition to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approval

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Fei-Fei Li will become AMD's executive vice president and chief scientist after AMD acquires World Labs

AMD agreed on September 28, 2026 to acquire World Labs in an all-stock deal worth about $8.2 billion

Fei-Fei Li founded World Labs in 2024 to build AI models with a robust understanding of the physical world

World Labs' first commercial product, Marble, lets users create interactive 3D worlds from a prompt

AMD agreed to buy World Labs seven months after backing World Labs' $1 billion funding round at a $5 billion valuation

After AMD's World Labs acquisition, Fei-Fei Li will report to AMD CEO Lisa Su

In September 2026, AMD said understanding frontier workloads like those created at World Labs will shape AMD's chip-making roadmap

Nvidia and AMD both invested in World Labs' $1 billion funding round at a $5 billion valuation

As of September 2026, AMD publicly offered only text- and video-based AI models while Nvidia offered open-weight Cosmos world models

World Labs' Atlas model can generate a virtual replica of a factory or warehouse from a few photos

Fei-Fei Li said in September 2026 that joining AMD is the right path for World Labs to continue its mission

AMD's $8.2 billion valuation of World Labs is unjustified

Regulators should block AMD's acquisition of World Labs

AMD's acquisition of World Labs will harm the open AI ecosystem