Fei-Fei Li, a prominent Stanford University professor and a significant figure in AI, has raised $230 million for a new startup called World Labs. The company, co-founded by Li and three other researchers, aims to advance AI technology that understands the three-dimensional aspects of the physical world. Major investors include Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, and Radical Ventures.

Recognized by Time Magazine in 2023 as one of the most influential figures in AI, Li has held key roles at Google Cloud and Twitter and advised policymakers, including the White House. She is renowned for developing ImageNet, a groundbreaking image dataset that significantly advanced computer vision technology.

World Labs is focused on spatial intelligence—teaching AI to comprehend 3D environments. This could revolutionize areas like augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and robotics. Based in San Francisco, the startup employs 20 people and plans to use a mix of synthetic and real-world data to train its models, utilizing transformer-based architecture similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT.

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