World Labs closes $1B investment backed by Nvidia, AMD and Autodesk

World Labs Inc., an AI model developer specializing in generating interactive 3D virtual environments, has secured $1 billion in funding. This significant investment round was backed by industry giants including Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., and Autodesk Inc., with Autodesk contributing $200 million and planning an AI research collaboration. The funding will further World Labs’ development of “world models” like Marble, which creates 3D environments from various inputs, and is expected to increase the company’s focus on robotics applications.