{
  "id": 2075751,
  "title": "Fei-Fei Li says she runs her AI startup like a 'tiger mom'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/fei-fei-li-says-she-runs-her-ai-startup-like-a-tiger-mom",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-20T04:58:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/godmother-of-ai-feifei-li-world-labs-tiger-mom-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Fei-Fei Li, a renowned Stanford professor and prominent AI expert, revealed that she manages her AI startup, World Labs, with a strict and demanding parenting style, likening herself to a \"tiger mom.\" World Labs focuses on developing AI models to interact with 3D environments. Li, the company's founder and senior leader, said she feels like a parent figure to her talented, yet young, team members. She aims to instill high standards, discipline, and a strong sense of purpose in her employees. Li has previously expressed that she often takes on a mentoring role when interviewing job candidates, emphasizing the importance of aligning with the company's mission and believing in its potential impact. Despite her leadership role, Li cautioned against developing an inflated sense of self-importance, stating that being a CEO should be about contributing to society and empowering others, rather than fostering a \"God complex.\"",
  "summary": "The \"Godmother of AI\" said she feels \"like a mom\" at her start-up, which hires young engineers, researchers, and scientists.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}