Vast | Tripo AI

Tripo AI is an artificial intelligence company developing a foundational model for 3D asset generation. Founded in March 2023 by Simon Song and Guoli Su, the company, originally named Vast, aims to streamline 3D content creation for a wide range of industries. CEO Simon Song previously worked at SenseTime, where he led AI gaming and animation, and co-founded AI startup Minimax before establishing Tripo. The company's Head of Research, Yanpei Cao, has a background at Tencent AI Lab and was the CTO of Owlii, which was acquired by Kuaishou.

The company's core technology enables users to generate 3D models from text prompts or 2D images in seconds. Its platform is designed to produce production-ready assets, minimizing the need for manual cleanup and optimization that often slows down traditional 3D workflows. Tripo AI's technical approach models geometry directly in a unified three-dimensional space, which helps maintain structural consistency and avoids issues like broken meshes that can occur with sequential generation methods. This process can generate a production-ready polygon mesh in as little as two seconds. The platform includes a web app, an API for developers, and plugins for professional software like Blender, Maya, Unity, and Unreal Engine.

Tripo AI serves both individual creators and enterprise clients across sectors such as gaming, animation, industrial design, robotics, and immersive media. Its business model includes subscription tools, creator software, and API access that allows developers to integrate the technology into their own production pipelines. The company has attracted a substantial user base, reporting over 6.5 million creators and 90,000 developers who have generated nearly 100 million 3D assets. Notable enterprise clients and partners include Tencent, Microsoft, NetEase, Sony, and Stability AI.

In March 2026, Tripo AI announced it had raised $50 million in a Series A funding round backed by investors including Alibaba and Baidu Ventures. This capital is intended to support further research into large-scale 3D foundation models and the expansion of its global developer platform. The company offers several model families tailored to different needs: the Tripo H series (e.g., H3.1) focuses on high-fidelity, detailed outputs for cinematic or industrial design, while the Tripo P series (e.g., P1.0) is optimized for lightweight, real-time meshes suitable for game engines and XR applications. Additional platform features include intelligent segmentation for editing parts of a model, automatic retopology, AI-powered texturing with PBR materials, and one-click auto-rigging for animation.

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