Fei-Fei Li’s AI Startup Bags $1 Billion for 3D Intelligence
Synopsis
World Labs, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Fei-Fei Li, has raised $1 billion to expand development of spatial intelligence systems that generate and interpret 3D environments. Investors include Nvidia, AMD and Autodesk, which committed $200 million. The company previously raised $230 million in 2024. It did not disclose its valuation in the latest funding round, Reuters reported.
World Labs, founded by Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion to develop spatial intelligence systems that generate and understand 3D environments. Investors include Nvidia, AMD and Autodesk, which invested $200 million. The startup previously raised $230 million in 2024 and did not disclose its latest valuation.
Key Highlights
- World Labs secured $1 billion to expand spatial intelligence AI development.
- Investors include Nvidia, AMD, Autodesk, Andreessen Horowitz, and Fidelity.
- Autodesk invested $200 million and will serve as an adviser.
- The startup previously raised $230 million in September 2024.
World Labs, an artificial intelligence startup founded by computer scientist Fei-Fei Li, has raised $1 billion in a new funding round to expand its work in spatial intelligence.
The round also includes Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Autodesk, Andreessen Horowitz, Emerson Collective, Fidelity Management and Research Company and Sea Ltd. investments and also serves as an advisor to the company, World Labs announced in a blog post. The valuation was not announced by the company, which previously indicated that it was in talks to raise money at a $5 billion valuation.
Focus on Spatial Intelligence
World Labs is developing an artificial intelligence model that will be able to cognise and create three-dimensional environments. This field, which is termed as spatial intelligence, seeks to assist the machines in perceiving the physical space as opposed to text or flat images.
The initial model launched by the company is Marble in late 2025. According to the company, marble can build detailed 3D worlds by having text, image, or video prompts. Reuters reported that other AI groups are also investigating similar models of the world, such as Google DeepMind.
Previous Funding and Background
Prior to this most recent round, World Labs had previously raised 230 million dollars in September 2024 to start the company and initiate a series of development of its spatial AI models, according to Reuters. The early funding went to support first product development and research.
The new investment of $1 billion ranks World Labs as one of the bigger fundraising activities in the field of artificial intelligence, that is, exploring modeling of the three dimensional world. The company failed to reveal more financial information and also failed to act on the request of Reuters to respond to their request further.
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