Alex Edmans
Professor of Finance, London Business School | Bestselling Author of Grow the Pie & May Contain Lies | Thinkers50 Radar | TED Speaker on Purposeful Business
Fei-Fei Li
"Godmother of AI" | Creator of ImageNet | Co-Founder & CEO, World Labs | Sequoia Professor, Stanford University | Co-Director, Stanford HAI
Few scientists have shaped AI more profoundly than Fei-Fei Li. Known as the "Godmother of AI," she created ImageNet — one of three pillars behind the deep learning revolution — and now leads World Labs, a billion-dollar company building the frontier of spatial intelligence. A Stanford professor, Queen Elizabeth Prize laureate, and TIME Person of the Year, Li brings unmatched authority on where AI is heading and why it must remain human-centered.
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Fei-Fei Li biography
Widely known as the “Godmother of AI,” Fei-Fei Li is one of the most influential scientists shaping the future of artificial intelligence. She is the inaugural Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, Founding Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), and Co-Founder and CEO of World Labs, a frontier AI company building large world models for spatial intelligence. Her career spans groundbreaking research, visionary entrepreneurship, and a tireless commitment to ensuring AI serves humanity.
AI speaker Fei-Fei Li is best known for creating ImageNet, the massive visual database of over 14 million labeled images that became one of the three catalysts — alongside neural network algorithms and modern GPUs — behind the deep learning revolution. The annual ImageNet Challenge galvanized the global research community, enabling breakthroughs in computer vision that now power applications from medical imaging to autonomous vehicles. Beyond ImageNet, Li directed Stanford’s AI Lab from 2013 to 2018 and served as Vice President at Google and Chief Scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud during her sabbatical.
Spatial Intelligence and World Labs
Li’s current venture, World Labs, is advancing the frontier of spatial intelligence — AI systems that perceive, generate, reason about, and interact with three-dimensional environments. The company has raised over $1 billion in funding from investors including NVIDIA, AMD, Autodesk, and Fidelity, and its flagship product, Marble, generates immersive 3D worlds from image or text prompts. Li views spatial intelligence as the essential complement to language models, enabling machines to understand not just words but worlds.
Her contributions have earned extraordinary recognition: the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, TIME Person of the Year and TIME100 AI, the VinFuture Grand Prize, and election to the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She co-founded the nonprofit AI4ALL with Melinda French Gates and Jensen Huang to expand AI education to underrepresented communities, and her memoir, The Worlds I See, was named a Financial Times Best Book and one of Barack Obama’s recommended reads on AI. Li has also served as Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General, testified before the U.S. Congress, and delivered the opening keynote at the Paris AI Action Summit.
As a speaker, Fei-Fei Li brings an extraordinary combination of scientific depth, entrepreneurial vision, and moral clarity. She translates complex AI concepts into actionable insight for senior leaders navigating digital transformation, responsible innovation, and the coming wave of spatial and embodied AI. Audiences leave her keynotes not only better informed about where technology is heading, but motivated to lead with both ambition and integrity.
Fei-Fei Li Speaking Videos
Fei-Fei Li & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversation - The Coming AI Upheaval
Fei Fei Li - How we teach computers to understand pictures
Fei-Fei Li Keynote Topics
AI has mastered language — but can it truly understand the world around us? In this forward-looking keynote, Fei-Fei Li introduces spatial intelligence, the next great frontier of AI that moves beyond words and flat images into three-dimensional perception, reasoning, and interaction. Drawing on her work at World Labs, Li explains how large world models will transform industries from robotics and manufacturing to healthcare, design, and entertainment. Attendees leave with a clear understanding of what spatial intelligence means for their organizations and why it represents the most consequential AI development since deep learning.
Fei-Fei Li shares her extraordinary personal story — arriving in the United States as a teenager from China with almost nothing, working in restaurants and dry cleaners, earning a scholarship to Princeton, and eventually creating ImageNet, one of the foundational breakthroughs of modern AI. Blending memoir with science, this deeply human keynote explores the power of curiosity, resilience, and mentorship, and challenges audiences to think about who gets to shape the future of technology. It is an inspiring talk for any organization committed to innovation, inclusion, and purpose-driven leadership.
As AI rapidly transforms every sector, the question is no longer whether it will change the world — but how, and for whom. Fei-Fei Li draws on her pioneering work at Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute to outline a framework for developing and deploying AI responsibly. She addresses the real tensions leaders face: between speed and safety, automation and augmentation, profit and purpose. This keynote provides practical principles for organizations navigating AI adoption while ensuring their technology choices remain aligned with human values and societal benefit.
How did we get from machines that could barely recognize a cat to AI systems that generate immersive 3D worlds? Fei-Fei Li traces the scientific arc of modern AI — from the creation of ImageNet and the deep learning revolution through today's generative AI explosion to the emergence of spatial intelligence and large world models. This keynote provides a masterclass in where AI has been, where it is going, and what leaders need to understand about the next wave of technological transformation that will reshape creativity, productivity, and human capability.
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FAQs on Booking Fei-Fei Li
Why Fei-Fei Li?
Booking Fei-Fei Li for your event is a powerful strategic decision. Known worldwide as the "Godmother of AI," Li brings unmatched credibility as the creator of ImageNet — one of the foundational pillars of modern AI — and as CEO of World Labs, a billion-dollar company pioneering spatial intelligence. She is a Stanford professor, Queen Elizabeth Prize laureate, TIME Person of the Year, and a trusted advisor to heads of state and the United Nations. Her keynotes combine deep scientific expertise with compelling storytelling, offering audiences both visionary perspective and practical frameworks for navigating AI's impact on business, society, and leadership. Whether your event focuses on AI strategy, digital transformation, innovation, or responsible technology, Fei-Fei Li delivers extraordinary value. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to book her for your next event.
Is Fei-Fei Li the creator of ImageNet?
Yes. Fei-Fei Li conceived and led the creation of ImageNet, a large-scale visual database containing over 14 million images organized across more than 22,000 categories. Launched in 2009 while she was at Princeton and later Stanford, ImageNet and its annual Large-Scale Visual Recognition Challenge became one of the most important catalysts of the deep learning revolution. The dataset provided a shared benchmark that enabled researchers worldwide to test and improve AI systems for visual recognition, directly contributing to breakthroughs that underpin much of today's AI technology — from image search and facial recognition to medical diagnostics and autonomous driving.
What is World Labs and spatial intelligence?
World Labs is the AI company co-founded and led by Fei-Fei Li, focused on spatial intelligence — an emerging branch of AI that enables machines to perceive, reason about, and interact with three-dimensional environments. Unlike traditional AI systems that process flat text or 2D images, spatial intelligence models understand geometry, physics, and dynamics. World Labs' flagship product, Marble, generates immersive 3D worlds from image or text prompts. The company has raised over $1 billion from investors including NVIDIA, AMD, and Autodesk, and its technology has applications in robotics, design, gaming, healthcare, scientific discovery, and industrial simulation.
What topics does keynote speaker Fei-Fei Li cover?
Fei-Fei Li delivers keynotes on artificial intelligence strategy, spatial intelligence and world models, the future of human-machine collaboration, responsible AI governance, computer vision, innovation leadership, and diversity in technology. Her talks draw on decades of pioneering research at Stanford, her experience at Google Cloud, and her current work building World Labs. She is particularly compelling for audiences of C-suite executives, policymakers, technologists, and innovation leaders seeking to understand how AI will reshape their industries. Book Fei-Fei Li through Aurum Speakers Bureau for your next corporate event, summit, or conference.
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