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World Labs

Category: Computer Vision

A spatial intelligence AI company building Large World Models (LWMs) that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with 3D worlds - enabling users to create high-fidelity, persistent 3D environments from text, images, videos, or 360 panoramas. World Labs was founded in 2024. The company is led by Fei-Fei Li. Based in San Francisco, United States. Team size: 40-50. Total funding raised: $1.23B. Latest round: Strategic Round ($1B, Feb 2026). Key investors include ["Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)","New Enterprise Associates (NEA)","Radical Ventures","Autodesk","NVIDIA (NVentures)","AMD","Fidelity Management & Research Company","Emerson Collective","Sea Limited","Cisco Investments"].

Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Team size
40-50
Total funding
$1.23B

Value proposition

Transforms any text prompt, image, video, or 360° panorama into editable, downloadable, spatially consistent 3D worlds that can be exported to industry-standard tools - reducing environment creation time from weeks to hours.

Products and solutions

["Marble - Multimodal 3D world generation platform","World API - Public API for generating explorable 3D worlds","Chisel Editor - 3D layout tool for defining world structure","Spark - Open-source rendering library for Gaussian splatting in Three.js","Export Suite - Gaussian splats (.ply/.spz), triangle meshes (GLB), video exports","VR Integration - Native support for Vision Pro and Quest 3 headsets"]

Unique value

Founded by Fei-Fei Li and leading experts; first commercial product to generate persistent, downloadable 3D worlds; multimodal input support with spatial consistency; integrates with professional tools.

Target customer

Game developers, film studios, VR/AR creators, robotics companies, architects, designers, and industrial/enterprise customers

Industries served

["Gaming & Interactive Entertainment","Film & Visual Effects","Robotics & Autonomous Systems","Architecture & Interior Design","Virtual/Augmented Reality","Manufacturing & Industrial Simulation","Automotive & Autonomous Vehicles","Defense & Aerospace"]

Technology advantage

Combines Large World Models (LWMs) with 3D Gaussian Splatting for photorealism and efficiency. Generates exportable 3D assets compatible with Unreal, Unity, Blender, etc. Supports high-fidelity and lightweight exports.

How they differentiate

First-to-market with persistent, downloadable 3D world generation (vs. on-the-fly generation); multimodal input support; exportable assets compatible with industry-standard tools; founded by world-renowned AI pioneers.

Main competitors

["Luma AI","Decart","Google DeepMind (Genie)","Odyssey"]

Key partnerships

["Autodesk","NVIDIA","AMD","Cisco Investments","Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)","Lightwheel","Interior AI","Film production studios"]

Notable customers

["Lightwheel","Interior AI","VIVERSE","Fenestra","Film production studios","Game developers"]

Major milestones

["Sept 2024: Emerged from stealth with $230M Series A at $1B valuation","Nov 2025: Launched Marble, first commercial 3D world generation product","Dec 2025: Reached ~3,000 beta users in official Discord community","Feb 2026: Secured $1B funding round including $200M strategic investment from Autodesk","Feb 2026: Announced NVIDIA Isaac Sim integration"]

Growth metrics

Launched commercial product (Marble) Nov 2025; nearly 3,000 beta users on Discord as of Dec 2025; achieved unicorn status with $1B valuation in Sept 2024.

Market positioning

Premium spatial intelligence AI leader with $1B+ valuation; commercial-grade 3D world generation platform.

Geographic focus

Global with primary focus on North America

Patents and IP

No registered patents disclosed publicly as of latest update

About Fei-Fei Li

Inaugural Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University (2009-Present); Co-Director of Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute (HAI) since 2018; Director of Stanford AI Lab (2013-2018); Chief Scientist of AI/ML and Vice President at Google Cloud (2017-2018); Creator of ImageNet dataset; Known as the 'Godmother of AI'; Member of National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences; TIME 100 Most Influential People; Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame (2023); Author of memoir 'The Worlds I See' (2023); Appointed to United Nations Scientific Advisory Board (Aug 2023)

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