The company’s focus will be on developing artificial intelligence with 3D perception.
Artificial intelligence startup World Labs announced its official launch on Sept. 13. The firm is reportedly valued at over $1 billion and has raised more than $230 million in funding to build “spatial intelligence” systems.
World Labs was co-founded by Fei-Fei-Li, the former Google Cloud AI boss. Due to her involvement in much of the foundational research behind modern generative artificial intelligence, Fei-Fei-Li is often referred to as the “Godmother of AI.” She’s also the current co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
World Labs describes its primary product as “Large World Models” (LWMs). In a blog post announcing the company’s launch, it pointed out that current generative AI models can only interact with the world through text, audio, and video.
