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AMD agrees to acquire World Labs for approximately $8.2 billion
AMD has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company World Labs, led by Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.2 billion. Subject to regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other closing conditions, the transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.
A definitive agreement valued at approximately $8.2 billion has been signed for San Francisco-based World Labs to join AMD. The acquisition of the artificial intelligence company led by Dr. Fei-Fei Li will be carried out in exchange for AMD stock.
Completion of the transaction will be subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. AMD expects the acquisition to be completed by the end of 2026.
World Labs team to join AMD
The acquisition plan calls for the World Labs team, which consists of researchers and model specialists from around the world, to join AMD. AMD aims to expand its capacity to develop the hardware, software and systems required by emerging artificial intelligence models and applications through the combination.
The spread of artificial intelligence into reasoning, robotics, simulation and physical AI is diversifying the needs that computing infrastructure must meet. World Labs’ expertise in developing advanced models is expected to contribute to a better understanding of changing workloads and to the creation of AMD’s future technology roadmap.
World Labs develops spatial intelligence models
World Labs is working on spatial intelligence models that use text, image and video inputs to create interactive three-dimensional environments, reconstruct them and simulate them.
The company’s activities also include robotic learning and simulation technologies. AMD said the acquisition would advance its strategy of providing artificial intelligence infrastructure for an open ecosystem.
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