FORGOTTEN HISTORY: World labs - The Untold Story

An $8.2 Billion Reason to Buy AMD Stock

AMD’s $8.2 billion World Labs deal could give the chipmaker a bigger role in the next wave of AI beyond today’s GPU race.

Barchart · Oct 2

Advanced Micro Devices Is Spending $8.2 Billion to Learn What AI Needs Next

AMD plans an $8.2 billion all-stock deal to acquire Fei-Fei Li's AI startup World Labs, aiming to inform its chip roadmap, though shareholder dilution and customer reaction remain uncertain.

MarketBeat · Oct 1

Why It’s Time to Load Up on AMD Stock

AMD’s prospects remain solid, led by sustained AI demand, expanding data center opportunities, improving earnings power, and strategic acquisitions.

Barchart · Oct 1

Meet Fei-Fei Li, the 49-year-old Chinese-American AI scientist who built a 15-million-image dataset and transformed computer vision

Fei-Fei Li is a Chinese-American AI scientist whose work helped advance computer vision and image-recognition technology. Popular in technology circles as the “Godmother of AI,” she helped establish a 15-million-image dataset and have a foundational role in the deep-learning revolution. Li later founded World Labs, a San Francisco-based company developing…

The Economic Times · Sep 29

In 2024, Fei-Fei Li raised USD 230 million to launch World Labs, years later Chip maker AMD acquires artificial intelligence company for USD 8.2 billion, abrupt shift from China to New Jersey changes everything for 'Godmother of AI'

Earlier in February, 2026, Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raised $1 billion in a funding round as the startup accelerates its efforts to advance "spatial intelligence."

The Economic Times · Sep 28

AMD acquires startup cofounded by ‘godmother of AI’ Fei-Fei Li for $8.2 billion

The deal brings together two of the leading women in the AI industry, and gives AMD a new plank in its competition with GPU rival Nvidia.

Fortune · Sep 28

‘Godmother of AI’ says degrees are less important in hiring than how quickly you can ‘superpower yourself’ with new tools

Instead, she looks to hire software engineers with AI fluency for her startup that aims to revolutionize the tech.

Fortune · Dec 12, 2025

These are the key AI players on the cover of Time's 'Architects of AI' magazine

Accompanying Time’s annual person of the year selection Thursday is a magazine cover that resembles the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photograph from the 1930s showing eight of the “Architects of AI” sitting on the beam

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

The 'Godmother Of AI' Went From Princeton Physics To A $1B Unicorn, Saying 'You Have To Go Through Such A Challenge To Find An Answer'

A rise from a suburban shop to a billion-dollar artificial intelligence company began with obstacles far from any university campus. 

Benzinga · Dec 8, 2025

She ran her parents’ dry-cleaning business at 18. Today, the ‘godmother of AI’ is advising world leaders and running a billion-dollar startup

Her advisor warned she was taking her AI idea “way too far.” But Fei-Fei Li had already learned, as a teenager, how far grit could take her.

Fortune · Nov 24, 2025