World model labs
A world model learns how an environment behaves, so that it can predict what happens next or generate the environment itself. Labs use the term for different things: 3D worlds that can be explored, real-time video, models that plan for robots, and forecasting. The table quotes how each lab describes its own work.
| What it builds | HQ | Founders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAMI LabsCore | World models (JEPA-style) that learn abstract representations of real-world sensor data amilabs.xyz AMI is developing world models that learn abstract representations of real-world sensor data, ignoring unpredictable details, and that make predictions in representation space.checked 9 Nov 2026 | 2026 | Paris, FR | $1.03B | $3.5B | Yann LeCun, Alexandre LeBrun, Saining Xie +2 |
| WWorld LabsGraduated | Spatial-intelligence models that generate and simulate interactive 3D worlds worldlabs.ai World Labs is a spatial intelligence company, building frontier models that can perceive, generate, and interact with the 3D world.checked 9 Nov 2026 | 2024 | San Francisco, CA, US | $1B | —$1B reported | Fei-Fei Li, Justin Johnson, Ben Mildenhall +1 |
| GGeneral IntuitionCore | Action and world foundation models trained on Medal gameplay clips, for games and robotics generalintuition.com MIRA™ is a playable multiplayer world model. Trained on 10k hours of data collected with publicly available bots, the model learns the dynamics of four-player games in Rocket League.checked 9 Nov 2026 | 2025 | New York, NY, US | $540M | $6.2B | Pim de Witte, Moritz Baier-Lentz |
| GGigaAICore | World models and foundation models for physical AGI and general-purpose robots (GigaWorld, GigaBrain) yicaiglobal.com GigaAI has developed its own world generation model, GigaWorld, and world action model, GigaBrainchecked 15 Nov 2026 | 2023 | Beijing, CN | $512M | $1.46B$3B reported | Huang Guan |
| DDecartAdjacent | Builds real-time video and world models (Lucy, Oasis) and the inference stack that runs them decart.ai Decart is a fully vertically integrated frontier AI research lab, founded in 2023 and building state-of-the-art, real-time world modelschecked 9 Nov 2026 | 2023 | San Francisco, CA, US | $453M | $3.1B | Dean Leitersdorf, Moshe Shalev |
| SSpAItialEmerging | World models that generate real and imagined 3D environments and reason about their appearance and physics spaitial.ai SpAItial is building Echo, a frontier world model that turns images and prompts into persistent, explorable 3D Gaussian Splat worlds.checked 15 Nov 2026 | 2024 | Munich, DE | $13M | — | Matthias Niessner, Luke Rogers, Ricardo Martin-Brualla +1 |
| RReactorAdjacent | Developer platform for real-time generative video and world models finance.yahoo.com Reactor is the developer platform for real-time generative video and world models.checked 10 Nov 2026 | 2025 | San Francisco, CA, US | — | — | Alberto Taiuti, Bryce Schmidtchen |
| SSooth LabsEmerging | Continuously trained world model for calibrated, auditable event forecasting soothlabs.com A continuously trained world model that integrates economic, geopolitical, and operational signals into a unified view of how events interact.checked 9 Nov 2026 | 2026 | Pittsburgh, PA, US | — | —$335M reported | Yaser Sheikh, Ruslan Salakhutdinov |
Raised = sum of rounds with Confirmed status. Valuation = latest confirmed figure; a reported figure from talks is shown below it and is not confirmed. Sources for every figure are on each lab's page.
Latest funding rounds in this field
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2026 | Reactor Series A | undisclosed | — | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Confirmed |
| 30 Sep 2026 | General Intuition Funding round | $220M | $6.2B | Valor Equity Partners | Confirmed |
| 21 Jul 2026 | GigaAI Funding round | undisclosed | $3B | not disclosed | Reported |
| 25 Jun 2026 | General Intuition Series A | $320M | $2.3B | Khosla Ventures | Confirmed |
| 15 Jun 2026 | GigaAI Series B2 | $148M | — | not disclosed | Confirmed |
| 18 May 2026 | Decart Strategic | $300M | — | Radical Ventures | Confirmed |
How a lab gets on this list
A lab is listed when its research focus on record is a world model or a spatial-intelligence model, as the lab describes it.
Every lab here also meets the rules for a neolab profile: a research-led company with named founders, a stated focus, a headquarters and a funding status, each with a public source. The tier under each name follows the methodology.
What is not here. World-model research inside large companies, such as Google DeepMind and Nvidia, is not listed: this page covers neolabs with a profile on the ledger.
Other fields
- AGI and superintelligence labs: 15 labs
- Robotics and physical AI labs: 16 labs
- AI for science labs: 17 labs
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