AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1 billion in funding

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 Collective, Fidelity Management & Research Company and ‌Sea, among ⁠others.

Autodesk invested $200 ⁠million in World Labs and will serve as an adviser to the ​startup, the design software maker said.