Lisa Su on data center

About Lisa Su

Lisa Su, Chair and CEO of AMD, announced in late September 2026 that AMD would acquire World Labs, an AI startup founded by Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.2 billion. In an interview with Bloomberg, Su described the acquisition as driven by a shared vision for AI’s future and the need for end-to-end understanding across hardware, software, and models. She stated that World Labs’ expertise in physical AI and robotics aligns with AMD’s growth areas, and that she has long respected Li as a researcher and visionary. Li, who will become chief scientist at AMD, said the merger reflects a shared mission to build a benevolent AI future. Earlier in 2026, Su discussed AMD’s expanding international partnerships. At the LEAP conference in Saudi Arabia, she announced plans to deploy over 10,000 GPUs with partner HUMAIN in 2026, creating AMD’s largest inference cluster outside the U.S., with expansion to 250 megawatts planned for 2027, and reiterated a commitment to invest up to $10 billion in the Kingdom. She also highlighted an MOU with the Korean government to support open ecosystems and expressed support for Upstage, a Korean AI startup running its Solar Pro 4 model on AMD Instinct GPUs. In August, following AMD’s Q2 earnings, Su reported strong revenue growth of over 50% year-over-year, citing an inflection in AI demand and new partnerships with OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic. She raised AMD’s market growth expectations, projecting the data center AI accelerator market to grow more than 45% annually to approximately $1.4 trillion by 2030, and stated the company expects to significantly exceed its $20 annual EPS target.

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