Jobs at World Labs

Recomputed daily from public data: capital freshness (0-35) + hiring velocity (0-30) + pay transparency (0-20) + employer rating (0-15; unrated scores the neutral 7), minus up to 10 for documented headwinds (lawsuits, layoffs, leadership churn). Transparent formula, not investment or career advice.

1.2Btotal raised

Venture round, $1B, 2026last round

Latestage

San FranciscoHQ

2024founded

~80headcount (as of 2026-05)

Founders: Fei-Fei Li (co-founder & CEO, AI pioneer (Stanford)) · Justin Johnson (co-founder) · Ben Mildenhall (co-founder) · Christoph Lassner (co-founder)

Backed by: a16z, NEA, Radical Ventures, Nvidia

Signals

Fresh capital (raised in the last 12 months)

Fei-Fei Li's spatial-intelligence lab; $1B round (Feb 2026, ~$5B valuation reported) incl. $200M from Autodesk plus a16z, Nvidia, AMD.

In the news

World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets TechCrunch · 2026-09-20

AI World Model Labs Keep Commercial Plans Secret as Competition Intensifies | Ukraine news - #Mezha Межа. Новини України. · 2026-09-20

Fei-Fei Li's World Labs debuts Atlas, a world model showcase for advanced spatial intelligence SiliconANGLE · 2026-09-01

World Labs unveils Atlas, a single AI model that generates, reconstructs, and simulates 3D worlds from just a few photos the-decoder.com · 2026-09-02

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