Draft:World Labs
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Comment: Fails WP:CORPDEPTH, sources are all about funding rounds. Devonian Wombat (talk) 22:34, 23 May 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: This draft needs more secondary sources discussing the company itself, not when it was founded. Jôhola 07:51, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Artificial intelligence |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Founders | Fei-Fei Li, Justin Johnson, Christoph Lassner, Ben Mildenhall |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Key people | Fei-Fei Li (CEO) |
| Products | Marble |
| Website | www |
World Labs is an artificial intelligence startup founded in 2024 by computer scientist Fei-Fei Li along with Justin Johnson, Christoph Lassner, and Ben Mildenhall. The company develops AI systems designed to understand and generate three-dimensional environments, a research direction often described as spatial intelligence.[1][2]
The company focuses on developing so-called world models, artificial intelligence systems capable of reasoning about physical environments rather than only processing text or images.[1][3]
History
[edit]World Labs was founded in 2024 by Fei-Fei Li, a professor at Stanford University known for her work in computer vision and the creation of the ImageNet dataset. The startup was created to develop AI systems capable of understanding how objects and environments exist in three-dimensional space.[1][4]
The company launched publicly in September 2024 with about $230 million in venture funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, and Radical Ventures.[1]
In 2026 World Labs raised an additional $1 billion in funding from investors including AMD, Nvidia, Autodesk, Emerson Collective, and Fidelity Management & Research.[2][5][6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "AI 'godmother' Fei-Fei Li raises $230 million to launch AI startup". Reuters. 13 September 2024.
- 1 2 "AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raises $1 billion in funding". Reuters. 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Inside Fei-Fei Li's Plan to Build AI-Powered Virtual Worlds". Time. 9 December 2025.
- ↑ Mims, Christopher (2025-09-26). "What Are 'World Models'? The Key to the Next Big AI Leap". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
- ↑ "AI Pioneer Fei-Fei Li's Startup World Labs Raises $1 Billion". Bloomberg News. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ "Fei-Fei Li's AI Startup World Labs in Funding Talks at $5 Billion Valuation". Bloomberg News. Bloomberg L.P. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
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