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AMD agrees to acquire World Labs in $8.2 billion all-stock deal

World Labs says Fei-Fei Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, working directly with CEO Lisa Su. The company says the move will bring its spatial AI research closer to the hardware.

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AMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs. Bloomberg reporter Ed Ludlow describes it as an $8.2 billion all-stock deal. World Labs says joining AMD will help it scale research into spatial and physical AI. It says Fei-Fei Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, working directly with CEO Lisa Su.

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Many accounts welcomed AMD’s $8.2B World Labs acquisition for pairing strong leaders and advancing physical AI, while others criticized it over company direction and external ties.

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Positive69.8%30.2%Negative

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Many accounts welcomed AMD’s $8.2B World Labs acquisition for pairing strong leaders and advancing physical AI, while others criticized it over company direction and external ties.

Based on 609 sentiment-bearing replies from 544 accounts across 12 conversations.

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

TechCrunch reports that World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. World Labs says joining AMD will help it scale its work on spatial and physical intelligence.

AMD to acquire World Labs in reported $8.2 billion all-stock deal

World Labs co-founder Fei-Fei Li says joining AMD will bring its spatial AI work closer to hardware. She plans to become an AMD executive vice president and chief scientist.

AMD reportedly agrees to acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion

Grok says Fei-Fei Li would join as chief scientist under the reported World Labs deal.

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Lisa Su@LisaSuSo excited to welcome @theworldlabs and @drfeifei to the @AMD family! I’ve always been a huge fan of Fei-Fei and her pioneering research in AI. Together, we’ll combine World Labs’ deep expertise in AI and world models with AMD’s compute leadership to power the future of AI and strengthen the open AI ecosystem. Can’t wait for all we’ll accomplish!11d
World Labs@theworldlabs@drfeifei will join AMD as an Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist, working directly with CEO Dr. @LisaSu. @jcjohnss and @BenMildenhall will work with Fei-Fei to continue leading the World Labs team as it joins AMD to form a world class frontier research organization, committed to building out an end-to-end open AI ecosystem spanning hardware, software, platforms, and widely accessible open models. https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/amd-announcement11d
Ben Mildenhall@BenMildenhallMy hope for @theworldlabs has always been to build technology that shows the world something it’s never seen before, and put that technology into peoples’ hands. We’ve now done this multiple times, first with our Marble product release last year, and most recently with our Atlas model, which has just started rolling out in beta. Joining the team at @AMD is an opportunity to up our ambition and aim even higher, playing a crucial role in paving the way for tomorrow’s best AI models to be trained & served on cutting edge next generation hardware, and ensuring that model architectures and chip design co-evolve hand in hand as AI continues to scale. I’m excited for our team to continue developing amazing technology and build out an open model ecosystem that empowers people to unlock new capabilities, new experiences, new product categories, and new ways of interacting with the world.11d
martin_casado@martin_casadoI don’t normally write these things. But this one hits a bit different. Nearly three years ago I told a16z I wanted to spend part time outside the firm helping @drfeifei start and build a frontier model company. And what followed were some of the most remarkable moments of my career. From being at the founding table. To watching the first git commits. Seeing the very early very rough results that hinted at something much greater. Contributing to the open source. Watching the creation of new model architectures that pushed the state of the art in multiple areas. I saw the team spin magic from nothing again and again. And I was very privileged to be within the walls. I’m very proud of what was accomplished, and am so excited for what lies ahead. So congratulations to AMD for entering into an agreement with the leading spatial intelligence frontier lab. And congratulations to the World Labs team on a partner that has the vision, ambition and leadership to be the top AI technology provider globally. Also congratulations to Dr. Su and Dr. Li. Two world class CEOs with a common vision. The both of you working together is unimaginably legendary. Arguably the smartest leaders in tech with the shared goal of building the world's leading AI capabilities. I know you both share an optimistic view of AIs ability to aid humanity. We need far more of that. As everyone knows. I’m World Lab’s biggest fan. And will remain so. Thanks to @drfeifei , @BenMildenhall , @jcjohnss and the entire team for letting me tag along. What a crazy fucking ride. You stood at the frontier, and moved it. And will continue to. Again, many congratulations to everyone involved. The future of AI will be so much brighter with this partnership. I can’t wait to see where it leads. Here’s to new worlds!11d
Cristóbal Valenzuela@c_valenzuelab@BenMildenhall @theworldlabs Congrats!!11d
MTS@MTSliveSITUATION DETECTED: AMD has agreed to acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion.11d
Sharon Zhou@realSharonZhouExcited for @drfeifei and World Labs to join @AMD :)11d
Justin Johnson@jcjohnssWorld Labs is joining @AMD! Over the past few years our incredible team has pushed the boundaries of spatial intelligence through models like Marble, RTFM, and now Atlas. By partnering with AMD we will train bigger and better models than ever before, and build out an ecosystem of open models. I can’t wait to get started!11d
David Haber@dhaber🫡 Legends! @drfeifei @martin_casado11d
Jim Breyer@jimihendrixliveSuch a proud seed investor @theworldlabs11d
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    Lisa Su@LisaSuSo excited to welcome @theworldlabs and @drfeifei to the @AMD family! I’ve always been a huge fan of Fei-Fei and her pioneering research in AI. Together, we’ll combine World Labs’ deep expertise in AI and world models with AMD’s compute leadership to power the future of AI and strengthen the open AI ecosystem. Can’t wait for all we’ll accomplish!11d
    World Labs@theworldlabs@drfeifei will join AMD as an Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist, working directly with CEO Dr. @LisaSu. @jcjohnss and @BenMildenhall will work with Fei-Fei to continue leading the World Labs team as it joins AMD to form a world class frontier research organization, committed to building out an end-to-end open AI ecosystem spanning hardware, software, platforms, and widely accessible open models. https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/amd-announcement11d
    Ben Mildenhall@BenMildenhallMy hope for @theworldlabs has always been to build technology that shows the world something it’s never seen before, and put that technology into peoples’ hands. We’ve now done this multiple times, first with our Marble product release last year, and most recently with our Atlas model, which has just started rolling out in beta. Joining the team at @AMD is an opportunity to up our ambition and aim even higher, playing a crucial role in paving the way for tomorrow’s best AI models to be trained & served on cutting edge next generation hardware, and ensuring that model architectures and chip design co-evolve hand in hand as AI continues to scale. I’m excited for our team to continue developing amazing technology and build out an open model ecosystem that empowers people to unlock new capabilities, new experiences, new product categories, and new ways of interacting with the world.11d
    martin_casado@martin_casadoI don’t normally write these things. But this one hits a bit different. Nearly three years ago I told a16z I wanted to spend part time outside the firm helping @drfeifei start and build a frontier model company. And what followed were some of the most remarkable moments of my career. From being at the founding table. To watching the first git commits. Seeing the very early very rough results that hinted at something much greater. Contributing to the open source. Watching the creation of new model architectures that pushed the state of the art in multiple areas. I saw the team spin magic from nothing again and again. And I was very privileged to be within the walls. I’m very proud of what was accomplished, and am so excited for what lies ahead. So congratulations to AMD for entering into an agreement with the leading spatial intelligence frontier lab. And congratulations to the World Labs team on a partner that has the vision, ambition and leadership to be the top AI technology provider globally. Also congratulations to Dr. Su and Dr. Li. Two world class CEOs with a common vision. The both of you working together is unimaginably legendary. Arguably the smartest leaders in tech with the shared goal of building the world's leading AI capabilities. I know you both share an optimistic view of AIs ability to aid humanity. We need far more of that. As everyone knows. I’m World Lab’s biggest fan. And will remain so. Thanks to @drfeifei , @BenMildenhall , @jcjohnss and the entire team for letting me tag along. What a crazy fucking ride. You stood at the frontier, and moved it. And will continue to. Again, many congratulations to everyone involved. The future of AI will be so much brighter with this partnership. I can’t wait to see where it leads. Here’s to new worlds!11d
    Cristóbal Valenzuela@c_valenzuelab@BenMildenhall @theworldlabs Congrats!!11d
    MTS@MTSliveSITUATION DETECTED: AMD has agreed to acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion.11d
    Sharon Zhou@realSharonZhouExcited for @drfeifei and World Labs to join @AMD :)11d
    Justin Johnson@jcjohnssWorld Labs is joining @AMD! Over the past few years our incredible team has pushed the boundaries of spatial intelligence through models like Marble, RTFM, and now Atlas. By partnering with AMD we will train bigger and better models than ever before, and build out an ecosystem of open models. I can’t wait to get started!11d
    David Haber@dhaber🫡 Legends! @drfeifei @martin_casado11d
    Jim Breyer@jimihendrixliveSuch a proud seed investor @theworldlabs11d
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