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February 22, 2026
World Labs Raises $1 Billion for Spatial AI
Published: February 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Updated: February 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
100-word summary
World Labs closed a $1 billion equity round on February 18, 2026, to accelerate its spatial intelligence platform. Autodesk contributed $200 million and will integrate World Labs' Marble product into its 3D design tools. Other investors include Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Sea Ltd., Fidelity, and Emerson Collective. The financing, structured as convertible preferred stock, will fund expansion in gaming, robotics, and design workflows. Autodesk's strategic stake signals that world models generating persistent, editable 3D environments from text or images are moving from research into professional creative and engineering pipelines.
What happened
World Labs closed a $1 billion equity round on February 18, 2026, to accelerate its spatial intelligence platform. Autodesk contributed $200 million and will integrate World Labs' Marble product into its 3D design tools. Other investors include Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Sea Ltd., Fidelity, and Emerson Collective. The financing, structured as convertible preferred stock, will fund expansion in gaming, robotics, and design workflows.
Why it matters
Autodesk's strategic stake signals that world models generating persistent, editable 3D environments from text or images are moving from research into professional creative and engineering pipelines.