World Labs raises $1 billion to advance spatial intelligence AI

by | Feb 20, 2026 | Latest E-commerce News & Updates

World Labs, a spatial intelligence startup founded by Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion to accelerate the development of its 3D reasoning models. The funding round included backing from AMD and Nvidia, while Autodesk, a design software firm, invested $200 million to support the venture. The company is creating “world models” that generate three-dimensional environments as it aims to compete with Google DeepMind.

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