Fei-Fei Li's World Labs Raises $1 Billion for Spatial Intelligence World Models

Summary

World Labs, the AI startup founded by Stanford computer scientist and former Google Chief Scientist Fei-Fei Li, announced a $1 billion funding round on February 18-20, 2026. Notable investors include AMD, NVIDIA, Fidelity, Sea, and Autodesk, which led with a $200 million strategic investment. Bloomberg reported the round values World Labs at approximately $5 billion. The capital will accelerate development of "spatial intelligence" world models — AI systems designed to understand and generate th