AMD is acquiring AI company World Labs in a deal worth more than $8 billion — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/amd-is-acquiring-ai-company-world-labs-in-a-deal-worth-more-than-8-billionContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. AMD to Acquire World Labs in $8.2 Billion All-Stock Dealhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/amd-is-acquiring-ai-company-world-labs-in-a-deal-worth-more-than-8-billionhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/amd-is-acquiring-ai-company-world-labs-in-a-deal-worth-more-than-8-billion#u100790Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:20:13 +0000AMD entered a definitive agreement on September 28, 2026, to acquire San Francisco-based AI research firm World Labs for $8.2 billion in stock. The acquisition brings Dr. Fei-Fei Li, the startup's co-founder and CEO, into AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. This transaction represents the second largest acquisition in AMD history and is designed to integrate spatial AI models with AMD compute to advance physical AI systems that can simulate and understand the world. AMD had previously invested in World Labs before agreeing to this buyout.Why it mattersWorld Labs was found