Tripo
Tripo/VAST builds 3D-native foundation models and an end-to-end generative-3D ecosystem that turns text, images, sketches and multiview references into usable 3D assets. Its stated direction is to make 3D creation, editing and interaction accessible to creators, developers and enterprises, and ultimately support persistent interactive worlds.
At a Glance
- Individual creators and professional 3D artists
- Game studios and interactive entertainment
- Film, animation and VFX studios
- 3D-printing makers and manufacturers
- +5 more
AI Tools by Tripo
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Tripo CLI
3D Generation CLI for Agents
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Latest News
Tripo announced Agentic Canvas, a beta AI agent and visual canvas for planning and running reusable multi-step 3D workflows.
VAST/Tripo research page announced EdenLive, real-time generative rendering from visual references.
Tripo announced approximately 3 billion yuan in Series B and B+ financing and previewed Tripo P2.0 with quad topology.
Tripo announced a $150 million Series A3 financing round backed by strategic and financial investors.
Products & Services
Web-based AI-native 3D workspace for text-to-3D, image-to-3D and multiview-to-3D generation, model refinement, texturing, retopology, segmentation, rigging, animation, preview and export.
Developer platform for integrating Tripo's 3D generation and processing into websites, applications and business systems; billed through API credits.
Node.js command-line interface for running Tripo API workflows from terminals, scripts and AI coding agents such as Codex, Claude Code and Cursor. Supports generation, processing, texturing, rigging, animation, conversion, batch pipelines and MCP.
Beta AI agent and visual node-based canvas that plans and runs connected workflows from generation and refinement through export; includes reusable/batch workflows and AI 3D Lab extensibility.
Market Position
Tripo competes with Meshy, Rodin/Hyper3D, Spline, Immersity, Wonder Studio and Layer AI in generative 3D. It positions itself as a full-stack 3D-native foundation-model and production pipeline company rather than only a prompt-to-mesh app, emphasizing its own models, topology-aware Smart Mesh, texturing/rigging/segmentation/export, developer API and workflow tooling.
Leadership
Founders
Simon Song (Song Yachen)
Founder and CEO. Studied at Johns Hopkins; previously worked on AI gaming and animation at SenseTime and later co-founded MiniMax before starting VAST/Tripo.
Guoli Su
Co-founder of VAST/Tripo; public company profiles identify Su as part of the founding team, though detailed prior-role information was not consistently reported.
Yanpei Cao
Co-founder and Chief Scientist. Holds bachelor's and PhD degrees from Tsinghua University and previously led 3D generative research at Tencent's ARC Lab/AI Lab.
Ding Liang
Founding-team member and CTO. Tsinghua University PhD; previously led general-vision and large-language-model work at SenseTime.
Executive Team
Simon Song (Song Yachen)
Founder and CEO
Johns Hopkins alumnus; former SenseTime AI gaming/animation leader and MiniMax co-founder.
Ding Liang
Chief Technology Officer
Tsinghua University PhD; previously led general vision and LLM efforts at SenseTime.
Founding Story
Simon Song has described starting the company after seeing how slow, expensive and specialist-dependent 3D production was. An initial consumer experiment, Holy Moly, aimed at a 3D TikTok-style experience exposed the production bottleneck; the team therefore focused on building its own 3D foundation models and a product pipeline that could generate usable assets in seconds, with a longer-term ambition to help build virtual worlds.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Freemium Studio subscriptions and credit purchases, plus pay-as-you-go API usage and enterprise/custom-volume contracts. Studio credits are the usage currency; API operations consume API credits separately.
Pricing Tiers
200 monthly credits, approximately 13 models; one concurrent task; public models and non-commercial use.
3,000 monthly credits, approximately 200 models; 10 concurrent tasks, private models, commercial use, batch generation, unlimited storage and DCC Bridge.
25,000 monthly credits, approximately 1,660 models; 100 concurrent tasks, 8K textures, permanent history/storage and early beta access.
90,000 monthly credits, approximately 6,000 models; 200 concurrent tasks, shared workspace/assets and centralized billing/administration.
Pay-as-you-go credit pricing; enterprise plans offer custom volumes, dedicated support and SLA options.
Target Markets
- Individual creators and professional 3D artists
- Game studios and interactive entertainment
- Film, animation and VFX studios
- 3D-printing makers and manufacturers
- E-commerce and product-design teams
- Industrial design and manufacturing
- Game development and game characters
- Animation, film, previs and VFX
- 3D printing
- Product visualization and e-commerce
- Industrial design and concept validation
- VR/AR/XR and immersive experiences
- Tencent
- NetEase Games
- ByteDance
- Microsoft