# Alejandro Leon

> Alejandro León is the Venezuelan founder and CEO of Spline, a collaborative platform for interactive design. A designer and developer with more than a decade of experience before Spline, he founded the company in Santiago in 2020 and joined Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch. His work focuses on making 3D creation more accessible while retaining direct editing and production capabilities.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Spline
- **Organizations:** Spline, PleiQ, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** Venezuelan
- **Education:** Design studies; did not complete, Universidad Monseñor de Talavera, Winter 2021 accelerator batch; not an academic degree, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Founded Spline in 2020., Built a collaborative browser-based platform for interactive 3D creation., Participated in Y Combinator Winter 2021.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2020** — Worked for more than ten years as a designer and developer; co-founded augmented-reality startup PleiQ.
- **2016** — PleiQ was accepted into Start-Up Chile; the founding group moved to Chile.
- **2020** — Left his design leadership role at PleiQ and founded Spline in Santiago.
- **2021** — Spline participated in Y Combinator Winter 2021; NXTP announced seed backing in March.
- **2024** — Spline announced a $10 million Series A led by Third Point Ventures in August.
- **2025** — Spline introduced the interactive 2D canvas Hana in April.
- **2026** — Spline launched Omma in March and announced Spline V2 and Hana V2 in August.

## Achievements

- Founded Spline in 2020.
- Built a collaborative browser-based platform for interactive 3D creation.
- Participated in Y Combinator Winter 2021.
- Led Spline through a $10 million Series A announced in August 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Spline announced Hana V2 on August 27, adding an AI agent, external-agent access, WebGPU rendering, and imported 3D models.
- **2026-08** — Spline announced Spline V2 on August 20, including an AI agent, WebGPU renderer, and editing, code, and preview modes.
- **2026-03** — At Omma’s March 24 launch, Leon emphasized the combination of prompt generation and precise visual editing.

## Links

- Website: https://spline.design/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alelepd/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/alelepd
- GitHub: https://github.com/alelepd

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Last updated: 2026-10-21