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World Labs

Company developing AI systems that generate and simulate interactive 3D worlds.

Key facts

CEO
Founded by
Fei-Fei Li, Co-founder and CEO
Ben Mildenhall, Co-founder
Christoph Lassner, Co-founder
Justin Johnson, Co-founder
Acquired by

Currently building

Based on recent job postings and announcements

Tech stack & tools

Based on job postings, talks and code

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Hiring

Job board checked Oct 24, 2026

Job board
8open roles
Nov 2025: 0 roles postedNovDec 2025: 1 role postedJan 2026: 2 roles posted2Feb 2026: 1 role postedFebMar 2026: 0 roles postedApr 2026: 0 roles postedMay 2026: 1 role postedMayJun 2026: 0 roles postedJul 2026: 1 role postedAug 2026: 0 roles postedAugSep 2026: 2 roles postedOct 2026: 0 roles postedOct
Currently open roles by month first posted (last 12 months)
Open roles by month posted
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Departments
  • Research
    5
  • Engineering
    2
  • Business
    1
Hiring focus
  • 3D modeling and reconstruction
  • generative modeling for 3D
  • GPU rendering and synthetic data
  • robot learning and sim-to-real transfer
  • SLAM and spatial mapping
  • model training and inference performance

Summarised from World Labs's open job titles and departments.

Timeline 18

Dated events, newest first. Open the sources under any item.

How we verify
Funding2Acquired1Initiative7Founded4People1Built3
20268 events
September
  1. Sep 28, 2026Acquired
    AMD acquired World Labs
    Verified1 source· Web· archived
  2. Sep 23, 2026Initiative
    Synthetic data rendering
    Verified1 source· Job posting· archived
July
  1. Jul 28, 2026Initiative
    Robot learning and sim-to-real
    Verified1 source· Job posting· archived
May
  1. May 1, 2026Initiative
    World model performance and serving
    Verified1 source· Job posting· archived
February
  1. Feb 17, 2026Initiative
    SLAM and spatial mapping
    Verified1 source· Job posting· archived
  2. Feb 2026Funding
    Growth round $1B led by Autodesk (led, $200M), NVIDIA, AMD
    Verified1 source· Web· archived
January
  1. Jan 28, 2026Initiative
    3D modeling and reconstruction
    Verified1 source· Job posting· archived
  2. Jan 8, 2026Initiative
    Gaussian Splat scene application
    Verified1 source· Job posting· archived
See all 18 events on the full timeline

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