AMD to acquire World Labs for $8.2 billion

On 28 September 2026 AMD signed a definitive all-stock agreement to acquire World Labs for about $8.2 billion. Fei-Fei Li joins AMD as EVP and Chief Scientist reporting to Lisa Su, with the deal expected to close by end of 2026.

Why it mattered Su said building compute platforms for the next generation of AI requires deep understanding of how models evolve, and that World Labs’ model expertise will shape the hardware, software and systems AMD builds.