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Fei-Fei Li
Sequoia Capital Professor, Stanford University | Co-Director, Stanford HAI | Co-Founder, World Labs
- Stanford, California, United States
- Technology & Digital
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Web Mentions & Media Coverage
Stanford HAIFeatured In
A candid look at a young immigrant's rise to AI trailblazer
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AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li: 'I'm more concerned about the risks that are here and now'
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AI4ALL Diversity Record: Career and Research
Co-founded and chairs the nonprofit AI4ALL, with a mission to educate the next generation of AI technologists.
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About
Fei-Fei Li is a pioneering computer scientist, academic, and AI leader often referred to as the "Godmother of AI." She holds the Sequoia Capital Professorship in Computer Science at Stanford University and is Founding Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).
She is best known for leading the creation of ImageNet, a large-scale visual database first presented in 2009 that catalyzed the deep learning revolution in computer vision.
In 2024, she co-founded World Labs alongside Justin Johnson, Ben Mildenhall, and Christoph Lassner, a startup building spatial intelligence and 3D world models that extend AI beyond language into understanding of the physical world.
She previously directed the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) and served as Chief Scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud from 2017 to 2018. She is the author of the memoir "The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI" (2023) and co-founder of the nonprofit AI4ALL.
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- Years Experience
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- Projects Led
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- Collaborations
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- Awards Won
Recognition
Achievements & Awards
2018
Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering for contributions to image databases and visual recognition research.
2016
AI100 Standing Committee Member
Founding member of Stanford’s One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100).
2023
TIME AI 100
Named among TIME’s most influential people in artificial intelligence.
2018
IEEE Fellow
Elevated to IEEE Fellow for contributions to computer vision and machine learning.
2022
ACM Fellow
Named ACM Fellow for foundational contributions to AI and computer vision.
2024
Co-Founded World Labs
Co-founded World Labs with Justin Johnson, Ben Mildenhall, and Christoph Lassner to build spatial intelligence and 3D world models.
Career
Ventures & Companies
World Labs
Co-Founder2024–Present
Spatial intelligence company building 3D world models that extend AI understanding beyond language into the physical world.
Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute (HAI)
Founding Co-Director2019–Present
Leads interdisciplinary research and policy initiatives promoting human-centered artificial intelligence.
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)
Former Director2013–2018
Directed Stanford’s flagship AI research laboratory advancing machine learning and computer vision.
Google Cloud
Chief Scientist, AI/ML2017–2018
Led AI and machine learning strategy and research integration at Google Cloud.
Writing
Academic Work & Publications
Book2023
The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI
Flatiron Books
Memoir tracing her path from immigrant roots to leading the field of artificial intelligence.
Research Paper2009
ImageNet
Stanford University
Large-scale visual database containing over 14 million labeled images used to advance deep learning and computer vision research.
View PublicationResearch Paper2016
The One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100)
Stanford University
Long-term interdisciplinary study examining the societal impact of artificial intelligence.
View PublicationAbout Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li is a pioneering computer scientist, academic, and AI leader often referred to as the "Godmother of AI." She holds the Sequoia Capital Professorship in Computer Science at Stanford Universit…
She is best known for leading the creation of ImageNet, a large-scale visual database first presented in 2009 that catalyzed the deep learning revolution in computer vision.
In 2024, she co-founded World Labs alongside Justin Johnson, Ben Mildenhall, and Christoph Lassner, a startup building spatial intelligence and 3D world models that extend AI beyond language into understanding of the physical world.
She previously directed the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) and served as Chief Scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud from 2017 to 2018. She is the author of the memoir "The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI" (2023) and co-founder of the nonprofit AI4ALL.
Professional Experience
Co-Founder at World Labs
Spatial intelligence company building 3D world models that extend AI understanding beyond language into the physical world.
Founding Co-Director at Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute (HAI)
Leads interdisciplinary research and policy initiatives promoting human-centered artificial intelligence.
Former Director at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)
Directed Stanford’s flagship AI research laboratory advancing machine learning and computer vision.
Chief Scientist, AI/ML at Google Cloud
Led AI and machine learning strategy and research integration at Google Cloud.