What’s In a World? Investing in World Labs

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Andreessen Horowitz discusses its investment in World Labs, a company building foundation models for spatial intelligence and interactive 3D worlds. The article argues that language models transformed software interaction, and that world models could do something similar for physical and virtual environments. It highlights the founding team’s deep expertise in AI, computer vision, graphics, and 3D reconstruction. The company is working on a model that can generate interactive 3D worlds for use cases such as design, gaming, visual effects, AR/VR, and eventually robotics.

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$1M to $5M