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AMD is acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in an $8.2 billion all-stock deal

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Published: Sep 29, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC

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The deal, which is expected to close by year's end, is worth $8.2 billion.

Ars TechnicaAMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia

AMD previously invested in World Labs before the acquisition, which is the chipmaker's second biggest on record.

CNBCAMD acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs AI firm in deal worth $8.2 billion

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AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against NvidiaArs Technica13 hr. ago
AMD acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs AI firm in deal worth $8.2 billionCNBC39 hr. ago
AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in $8.2 billion bet on 'physical AI'ReutersUnited Kingdom35 hr. ago
AMD to Acquire World Labs for $8.2 BillionWSJUnited States37 hr. ago
AMD's $8.2 billion World Labs deal is a direct answer to NVIDIA's Hugging Face buyTweakTown7 hr. ago
AMD acquires AI legend Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion — ImageNet pioneer will become AMD chief scientist as the chipmaker brings her lab in-houseTom's Hardware1 hr. ago
AMD agrees to buy Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billionThe Rundown AI19 hr. ago
AMD is acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in an $8.2 billion all-stock dealqz.com22 hr. ago
AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2BTechCrunch38 hr. ago
AMD acquires startup cofounded by ‘godmother of AI’ Fei-Fei Li for $8.2 billionFortune37 hr. ago
World Labs’ Fei-Fei Li Is Worth $1.6 Billion After AMD DealBloomberg.comUnited States16 hr. ago
The real prize in AMD’s $8 billion World Labs acquisition isn’t what you’d thinkMarketWatch13 hr. ago

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