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World model companies: 11 verified, updated November 2, 2026

Started September 28, 2026 · Updated November 2, 2026 · Presspool

Presspool has verified 11 world model companies. In its latest weekly sample of AI answers, through November 2, 2026, the ones AI apps named or cited most were World Labs (44 of 50 answers), Odyssey (28 of 50 answers) and Decart (28 of 50 answers). 5 of them announced a round in the last six months, most recently Zenithon ($10 million, September 30, 2026). Latest rounds: the 10 announced in dollars total $3.23 billion.

Companies whose main product is a world model: an AI model that generates or simulates interactive, persistent 3D or physical environments, including world models built for robotics, games and simulation. Each entry is taken from the company's own website and confirmed by an independent source, both linked on the entry. No company pays to be listed.

CompanyWhat it doesLatest announced financing
AMI LabsAMI develops action-conditioned world models that learn abstract representations of real-world sensor data so AI systems can predict the consequences of actions and plan, for uses such as robotics, industrial control and healthcare. (site, source)$1.03B, Seed (March 10, 2026)
World LabsWorld Labs builds world models that perceive, generate and interact with 3D worlds; its first product, Marble, generates persistent, editable 3D worlds from text, images, video or panoramas. (site, source)$1B, round type not disclosed (February 18, 2026)
RunwayRunway's GWM-1 is a family of general world models that simulate reality in real time and can be controlled interactively, with variants for explorable environments, avatars and robotics. (site, source)$315M, Series E (February 10, 2026)
OdysseyOdyssey is an AI lab building foundation world models that learn physics, dynamics and cause and effect to simulate the world for robotics, gaming, autonomous driving and other uses. (site, source)$310M, Series B (June 17, 2026)
DecartDecart builds real-time AI models and infrastructure, including Oasis, a real-time interactive world model generating physically accurate environments for robotics, vehicles and drones, and Lucy, a world-editing model. (site, source)$300M, round type not disclosed (May 18, 2026)
General IntuitionGeneral Intuition describes itself as a frontier lab for acting in space and time, training world and action models that let agents learn in simulated environments, with a focus on video games. (site, source)$220 million, round type not disclosed (September 29, 2026)
Moonlake AIMoonlake describes itself as the world model and simulation layer for deploying robots, providing physically accurate environments, digital twins and simulation-based policy evaluation. (site, source)$28M, Seed (October 1, 2025)
SpAItialSpAItial builds Spatial Foundation Models, AI that generates and reasons about the appearance and physics of real and imagined 3D environments. (site, source)$13M, Seed (May 26, 2025)
ZenithonZenithon builds physics-grounded world models to simulate rockets, fusion reactors and fabs. (site, source)$10 million, round type not disclosed (September 30, 2026)
OverworldOverworld makes Waypoint 2, a world model that turns a text or image prompt into an explorable world that runs locally on a PC or via streaming, plus a toolset for building first-person games from a prompt. (site, source)$4.5M, Pre-seed (January 20, 2026)
Manifold AIManifold AI builds next-generation world models, including RoboScape for robotics and AirScape for drones, and applies them to AI hardware such as robots and XR devices. (site, source)Round (June 18, 2026)

World model startups that raised funding recently

Rounds announced in the six months to November 2, 2026, newest first. Each links the company's record and its sources.

Which of these companies AI names

On November 2, 2026, Presspool asked the 8 questions below on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews and recorded 50 answers. Not sampled: 6 Google AI Overviews answers. A company counts when an answer names it or cites its website. Answers vary from run to run, so each count is a dated sample, not a verdict.

CompanyNamed or cited inChatGPTClaudePerplexityGeminiCopilotGoogle AI ModeGoogle AI Overviews
AMI Labs26 of 50 answers5 of 85 of 85 of 84 of 84 of 82 of 81 of 2
World Labs44 of 50 answers7 of 87 of 87 of 88 of 86 of 87 of 82 of 2
Runway25 of 50 answers7 of 83 of 86 of 82 of 83 of 82 of 82 of 2
Odyssey28 of 50 answers6 of 85 of 87 of 83 of 84 of 81 of 82 of 2
Decart28 of 50 answers7 of 85 of 87 of 83 of 85 of 81 of 80 of 2
General Intuition14 of 50 answers4 of 84 of 84 of 81 of 81 of 80 of 80 of 2
Moonlake AI8 of 50 answers2 of 82 of 81 of 80 of 82 of 80 of 81 of 2
SpAItial7 of 50 answers4 of 81 of 82 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 2
Zenithon5 of 50 answers1 of 80 of 82 of 80 of 81 of 80 of 81 of 2
Overworld8 of 50 answers5 of 80 of 83 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 2
Manifold AI5 of 50 answers2 of 80 of 82 of 81 of 80 of 80 of 80 of 2

Sources the AI apps cited most for these questions

  1. presspool.ai: 17 of 50 answers
  2. worldlabs.ai: 17 of 50 answers
  3. techcrunch.com: 16 of 50 answers
  4. changxu.dev: 8 of 50 answers
  5. openai.com: 8 of 50 answers
  6. forbes.com: 7 of 50 answers
  7. nvidia.com: 7 of 50 answers
  8. signalsinbox.com: 7 of 50 answers
  9. newmarketpitch.com: 6 of 50 answers
  10. wikipedia.org: 6 of 50 answers
  11. decart.ai: 5 of 50 answers
  12. arxiv.org: 4 of 50 answers
  13. deepmind.google: 4 of 50 answers
  14. ltx.io: 4 of 50 answers
  15. startuphub.ai: 4 of 50 answers

What counts as World models

A company joins this map when its own site describes World models as its main product and an independent source confirms it. Out of scope: world-model projects inside large labs, text-to-video generators that do not position their product as a world model, and robotics companies whose product is the robot. Definitions are versioned; this is version 1. Corrections need a public source: see Contact.

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