Spatial AI model developer focused on world models
World Labs, founded by Fei-Fei Li, develops spatial AI and world models intended to help AI systems understand and generate 3D environments. Forbes selected it for the 2026 AI 50.
AI📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2023
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
QL Price
$702.2M
-30% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for World Labs, published 2026-09-20 — below the last disclosed round of $1.0B (2026-02).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$1.0B
2026-02
weight 0.64
Secondary market print
$382M
2026-06-27
weight 0.6
How this price has held up
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Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is World Labs going public?
No. World Labs is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is World Labs' valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for World Labs. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has World Labs filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for World Labs.
Can you buy World Labs stock?
No. World Labs is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for World Labs on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
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Company Profile
CEO
Fei-Fei Li
Founded
2023
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
Undisclosed
Total Raised
$1.0B
Growth
Forbes reported more than $1B in funding
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Forbes AI 50 profile · 5 mo ago
privateTotal raised $1.0B
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$99.36
Last round price / share
$260.24
vs last round
-61.8%
Open interest
5
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Forbes AI 50 profile
—
Apr 2026
Forbes AI 50
—
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
0
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
15
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "WORLD LABS TECHNOLOGIES INC" as of 2026-09-12. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-11% vs 2026-08
Open roles
8
via ashby
Product-build share
100%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
heavy product build — 100% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 4 of 8 open roles are research.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Counted from World Labs's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.