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AMD announced it is acquiring World Labs, the AI research lab co-founded by prominent researcher Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs, launched in 2024 and valued at $1 billion within months, released its first commercial product in 2025 — a world-generation model called Marble that lets users create interactive 3D worlds from text prompts. As part of the deal, Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, a major coup for the chipmaker as it races to compete with Nvidia in AI hardware and research talent.