
Owning the “AI godmother” moniker was uncomfortable at first for Fei-Fei Li, who is known for building a large-scale database of labeled images critical to advancing the way computers comprehend digital images and videos. At one point, she wasn’t even sure if she should be the one to serve as CEO of her startup.
Today, Li does run World Labs, which has generated $230 million in funding. The company is aiming to build AI that can process and replicate the three-dimensional world.