World Labs, the spatial intelligence startup co-founded by renowned AI expert Fei-Fei Li, announced it has secured $1 billion in new funding to accelerate the development of its “world models” — artificial intelligence systems designed to perceive, generate, reason, and interact with three-dimensional environments.
The company said the capital was provided by a diverse group of investors, including AMD, Autodesk, Emerson Collective, Fidelity Management & Research Company, NVIDI,A and Sea, among others.
World Labs’ mission is to build foundational AI models that unlock spatial intelligence — a capability that enables machines to understand and interact with the physical world in three dimensions. The company believes this technology could transform industries ranging from storytelling and design to robotics and scientific discovery.
Founded in 2024 by Fei-Fei Li alongside co-founders Justin Johnson, Christoph Lassner, and Ben Mildenhall, World Labs initially gained attention for raising roughly $230 million at launch and for the public release of its first product, Marble — a world-modeling tool that lets users generate high-fidelity, explorable 3D worlds from images, videos, or text.
In its announcement, World Labs described the new funding as a step toward accelerating its broader vision for spatial intelligence, with plans to scale its technology and expand its product offerings. The $1 billion raise signals growing investor confidence in spatial AI, a field positioned as the next frontier beyond traditional generative language and image models.
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“World Labs has raised $1 billion in new funding. We are grateful and excited to partner with our investors, including AMD, Autodesk, Emerson Collective, Fidelity Management & Research Company, NVIDIA, and Sea, among others.”
“We are focused on accelerating our mission to advance spatial intelligence by building world models that revolutionize storytelling, creativity, robotics, scientific discovery and beyond.”
Fei-Fei Li, CEO and Co-Founder of World Labs
