Who is Fei-Fei Li: The ‘Godmother of AI’ who started with dry-cleaning shop and is now building a $1 billion AI empire

Fei-Fei Li, the ‘Godmother of AI,’ built her billion-dollar startup, World Labs, on a foundation of resilience forged while running her family’s dry-cleaning business. Her early responsibilities honed problem-solving skills crucial for her groundbreaking work on ImageNet and her current focus on ‘world models’ that integrate spatial and visual intelligence for more human-like AI understanding.