AMD agrees to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2B in an all-stock deal expected to close by year-end; Li will join AMD as EVP and chief scientist (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)

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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260928/p36#a260928p36" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Edward Ludlow / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-28/amd-to-buy-fei-fei-li-s-world-labs-ai-startup-for-8-2-billion?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MDYyODMyOCwiZXhwIjoxNzkxMjMzMTI4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTFpDUUdLR1pBSkIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEQjlFREYyREVCMkE0OTVGOTgzMjczRUQxRjk1MTg0NSJ9.REuHvo64oe8MXQRuGs3YteMPprZkGpyqLw7GoR6qiKY">AMD agrees to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2B in an all-stock deal expected to close by year-end; Li will join AMD as EVP and chief scientist</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to acquire World Labs for $8.2 billion, gaining an artificial intelligence startup founded &hellip; </p>

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