World Labs, AMI Labs Raise Over $2 Billion for AI World Models
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Updated · Futura · Jul 25
World Labs, AMI Labs Raise Over $2 Billion for AI World Models
2 articles · Updated · Futura · Jul 25
Summary
$2 billion-plus in fresh backing has flowed to World Labs and AMI Labs as investors bet AI needs physical reasoning, not just language fluency.
World Labs raised $1 billion after launching its Marble 3D-environment platform, bringing total funding to $1.23 billion, while Paris-based AMI Labs secured $1.03 billion in seed funding at a $3.5 billion valuation.
Both startups target systems that learn from video, 3D data and sensors to predict how the physical world behaves—an approach aimed at robotics, autonomous driving, simulation and industrial design where chatbots often fail.
AMI Labs is building on Yann LeCun's JEPA architecture and already has a Nabla healthcare partnership aimed at FDA-certified software, while World Labs is pushing creative and spatial design tools.
Safety questions remain because world models could plan and act autonomously in real environments, and neither company has yet shown flawless performance outside controlled tests.