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COMPANIES · 3 SOURCES · TechCrunch AI · The Verge AI · The Decoder

AMD to acquire Fei‑Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion

AMD will acquire World Labs, a developer of 'world models' founded by Fei‑Fei Li, in an $8.2 billion deal; Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. World Labs’ first product, Marble, and the team's focus on models that understand physical reality are cited as drivers for integrating model research with AMD’s chip roadmap; the deal is expected to close before year‑end pending regulatory approval.

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MODELS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

World-model startups AMI Labs and World Labs are keeping product plans secret

At the All In conference, the author found leading world-model efforts — Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs and Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs (whose Marble demos exist) — are deliberately vague about concrete product plans and timelines; even suppliers like Physicl say they don’t know how their data is being used. Company representatives say they remain in research and building phases and are not disclosing commercialization details.

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