World Labs in the Media
10 mentions across press, blogs, and newsletters
February 2026
Crunchbase NewsTech Media
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: World Labs Leads Another AI-Heavy Lineup
This week’s largest U.S. funding rounds once again featured an AI-heavy cohort, along with sizable financings around fintech and energy tech. By far the largest deal was a $1 billion financing for World Labs, developer of AI models that interact with the 3D world.
Feb 20, 2026
ForbesMajor Publication
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs Prompts $1 Billion, Ricursive AI Chip Design Snares $335 Million, Google Joins AI Music Parade
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1 Billion, Ricursive secures $335 Million for AI chip design, and Google adds Lyria 3 music generation to Gemini.
Feb 20, 2026
SiliconRepublic
Fei Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1bn to advance spatial intelligence
The round was backed by big names including Nvidia, AMD, and Autodesk. Read more: Fei Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1bn to advance spatial intelli
Feb 19, 2026
SiliconRepublic
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1bn to advance spatial intelligence
The round was backed by big names including Nvidia, AMD and Autodesk. Read more: Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1bn to advance spatial intelli
Feb 19, 2026
EconomicTimes - IndiaTimes
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raises $1 billion in funding
The startup said on Wednesday the investors included chip companies AMD, Nvidia, software firm Autodesk , Emerson Collective, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Sea, among others.
Feb 19, 2026
SiliconAngle
World Labs closes $1B investment backed by Nvidia, AMD and Autodesk
Artificial intelligence model developer World Labs Inc. today announced that it has raised $1 billion in funding. The capital was provided by a consortium that included Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Autodesk Inc. and several others. The engineering software maker invested $200 millio
Feb 18, 2026
PYMNTS
World Labs Raises $1 Billion to Scale Spatial AI
World Labs, the frontier artificial intelligence research and product company founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion in new funding. “We are focused on accelerating our mission to advance spatial intelligence by building world models that revolutionize storytelling, creativity, robo
Feb 18, 2026
Yahoo Finance
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raises $1 billion in funding
Feb 18 () - Prominent computer scientist Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raised $1 billion in a funding round as the startup accelerates its efforts to advance "spatial intelligence." The startup said on Wednesday the investors included chip companies AMD, Nvidia, software firm Autodesk, Emerson Collectiv
Feb 18, 2026
The Decoder
Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raises one billion dollars for "spatial intelligence"
World Labs, Fei-Fei Li's AI start-up, raises one billion dollars
Feb 18, 2026
BloombergMajor Publication
AI Pioneer Fei-Fei Li’s Startup World Labs Raises $1 Billion
World Labs, a startup from artificial intelligence pioneer Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion in a new round of funding to pursue a novel approach to AI development.
Feb 18, 2026