AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
The deal, which is expected to close by year's end, is worth $8.2 billion.
AMD has announced its acquisition of AI startup World Labs, a world models company, for $8.2 billion, with the deal expected to close by the end of the year subject to regulatory approval. World Labs, founded in 2024 by computer vision scientist Fei-Fei Li and her team, including Justin Johnson, Christoph Lassner, and Ben Mildenhall, was initially backed by $230 million in funding, some of which came from AMD.
The startup has been developing innovative world models, which are AI systems designed to create predictive simulations of the physical world. These models are distinct from competing architectures that typically require extensive training on vast amounts of video data.
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