Overview
- World Labs confirmed a $1 billion funding round that includes a $200 million strategic investment from Autodesk.
- Other investors named include Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, AMD, Emerson Collective, Fidelity Management & Research Company, and Sea.
- Autodesk will advise World Labs and collaborate at the research and model level, and both sides say the agreement excludes data sharing.
- Initial collaboration will focus on media and entertainment workflows that connect world models to Autodesk’s 3D toolchain.
- World Labs’ Marble, launched in November, generates editable 3D environments, and the company says new funding will advance applications in robotics and scientific discovery while prior reports cited talks near a $5 billion valuation.