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AMD pays $8.2 billion in stock for Fei-Fei Li's World Labs, and the model lab era starts

Published September 29, 20265 min read

A silicon wafer rests on a cleanroom tray beside an empty research workbench. — A silicon wafer evokes AMD’s bet on bringing model research closer to its chipmaking roadmap. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

AMD said on Monday, September 28, 2026 that it agreed to acquire World Labs, the spatial-intelligence lab founded by Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $8.2 billion. The agreement was signed September 26 and disclosed through an 8-K filed with the SEC on September 28. Deal close is expected by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting to chair and CEO Lisa Su. The week of September 28, this is the most consequential print on the AI markets beat, not because of the size, which is modest by 2026 standards, but because of what it says about who buys model labs and why. (T…

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