# The Rundown AI — AMD agrees to buy Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion

- Company: The Rundown AI (therundown.ai)
- Announced: 2026-09-29T16:04:17.670000+00:00
- Category: partnership-acquisition
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://www.therundown.ai/news/amd-world-labs-acquisition-fei-fei-li
- Record: https://forck.live/items/14999-amd-agrees-to-buy-fei-fei-li-s-world-labs-for-8-2-billion
- Subject: Reporting

AMD agreed to acquire World Labs, the AI startup co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, for approximately $8.2 billion in an all-stock deal. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to approvals. Fei-Fei Li would become AMD's executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting to CEO Lisa Su. The deal follows a partnership that began in 2025, where World Labs optimized its models on AMD GPUs.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://www.therundown.ai/news/amd-world-labs-acquisition-fei-fei-li:

> AMD agreed on Sept. 28 to acquire World Labs for about $8.2 billion in a deal paid entirely in stock.

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