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Fei - Fei Li , the Stanford prof many deem the “ Godmother of AI , ” has invoke $ 230 million for her new startup , World Labs , from backer admit Andreessen Horowitz , NEA , and Radical Ventures .

World Labs is valuate at over $ 1 billion , and the working capital was raised over two rounds spaced a couple of calendar month asunder , TechCrunch describe inAugust .

Li ’s company , which hopes to have its first merchandise ready in 2025 , take aim to build AI modelling that understand and interact with the 3D world . World Labs is acquire what it call “ large existence model ” that will be used by professional such as creative person , designers , developer , and engineers . Martin Casado , a world-wide collaborator at Andreessen Horowitz , told Wiredthat World Labs ’ customers could admit biz company or movie studio .

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