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Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs Comes Out of Stealth with $230 Million in Funding
Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford professor many consider the “godmother of artificial intelligence,” has raised $230 million for her recent startup World Labs from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and Radical Ventures.
As TechCrunch reported in August, World Labs is valued at over $1 billion, and the capital was raised in two rounds a number of months apart.
Li’s company, which hopes to have its first product ready in 2025, goals to construct AI models that understand and interact with the 3D world. World Labs is developing what it calls “big world models” that might be utilized by professionals akin to artists, designers, developers and engineers. Martin Casado, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Wired said that World Labs’ clients could include gaming firms and film studios.