Founder · World Labs

Fei-Fei Li

Co-founder; joining AMD as Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist on completion of World Labs, a saas & tech company based in San Francisco.

Co-founder; joining AMD as Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist on completionSan FranciscoSaaS & Tech
Founded
2024
San Francisco, United States
Latest round
Series B
~$1B · Feb 2026

About

Fei-Fei Li is Co-founder; joining AMD as Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist on completion of World Labs, a saas & tech company based in San Francisco, founded in 2024. World Labs's most recent disclosed round was a Series B of ~$1B in Feb 2026.

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Company

Est. 2024
World Labs
SaaS & Tech · San Francisco

Spatial intelligence research lab building world models, deep learning systems that generate and sustain consistent three-dimensional environments for robotics and simulation. Co-founded in 2024 by Fei-Fei Li, it emerged from stealth with a $230 million seed round and is being acquired by AMD.

Funding
Feb 2026Series B~$1BAMD among participants
2024Seed$230MUndisclosed
Company profile →2 rounds on record

Journey with World Labs

2 milestones
  1. Feb 2026Funding

    Closes a Series B of roughly $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation, with AMD among the participants, taking total capital raised to about $1.23 billion.

  2. Sep 2026Milestone

    Agrees to be acquired by AMD in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.2 billion, roughly 64 per cent above its February valuation. Fei-Fei Li joins AMD as chief scientist.

Coverage

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Quick answers

Who is Fei-Fei Li?

Fei-Fei Li is a Co-founder; joining AMD as Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist on completion of World Labs, a saas & tech company based in San Francisco, founded in 2024.

Who founded World Labs?

StartupFox's company records list Fei-Fei Li as Co-founder; joining AMD as Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist on completion of World Labs.

Where is World Labs based?

World Labs is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

What has StartupFox reported about Fei-Fei Li?

StartupFox has published 2 stories naming Fei-Fei Li; the most recent is “AMD Is Buying World Labs For $8.2 Billion, Seven Months After Valuing It At $5 Billion”.

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