# Backflip AI

> Backflip AI is a San Francisco-based generative AI company building 3D design tools for the physical world. Founded by the Markforged co-founders Greg Mark and David Benhaim, it turns text prompts, sketches and photos into editable 3D meshes (Idea to Mesh) and converts 3D scan data into fully parametric CAD models in one click (Scan-to-CAD / Mesh-to-CAD), with native Onshape and SOLIDWORKS integration. The company raised a $30M Series A co-led by NEA and Andreessen Horowitz and trained its model on a synthetic dataset of over 100 million 3D geometries.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Greg Mark (Co-founder & CEO), David Benhaim (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~11 employees (approximate)
- **Products:** Idea to Mesh, Scan-to-CAD / Mesh-to-CAD, SOLIDWORKS Plugin, 3D Restyle
- **Notable:** Raised a $30M Series A co-led by NEA and a16z in December 2024., Built what it bills as the world's largest synthetic 3D dataset, with over 100 million unique 3D geometries., Claims a novel neural representation delivering ~60x more efficient training, ~10x faster inference and ~100x spatial resolution versus prior state of the art.

## Products & services

- **Idea to Mesh** — Generates high-resolution, editable 3D mesh models from text descriptions, sketches, or images in minutes. Exports to STL, OBJ, GLB and PLY for 3D printing or further editing.
- **Scan-to-CAD / Mesh-to-CAD** — Converts noisy 3D scan data or meshes into fully parametric, feature-based CAD models in one click, building natively in Onshape or exporting STEP and SLDPRT files.
- **SOLIDWORKS Plugin** — A side-panel plugin and standalone app where users upload an STL; Backflip's cloud GPUs generate parametric variations and rebuild an editable model directly inside SOLIDWORKS.
- **3D Restyle** — An AI tool that reshapes and stylizes the surface of any 3D model according to a reference image, whether or not the mesh was made in Backflip.

## Achievements

- Raised a $30M Series A co-led by NEA and a16z in December 2024.
- Built what it bills as the world's largest synthetic 3D dataset, with over 100 million unique 3D geometries.
- Claims a novel neural representation delivering ~60x more efficient training, ~10x faster inference and ~100x spatial resolution versus prior state of the art.
- Shipped Idea to Mesh, Scan-to-CAD, a SOLIDWORKS plugin and 3D Restyle in its first year out of stealth.
- Founders previously built Markforged into a public company valued at ~$2.1B.

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Launched from stealth with a $30M Series A co-led by NEA and a16z; debuted the Idea to Mesh text/image-to-3D app.
- **2025-01** — Released 3D Restyle, an AI tool to stylize and reshape any mesh from a reference image.
- **2025-02** — Introduced its AI foundation model and Mesh-to-CAD / Scan-to-CAD, turning scan data into parametric CAD with Onshape and SOLIDWORKS support.

## Links

- Website: https://www.backflip.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/backflip-ai
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/BackflipAI

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Last updated: 2026-06-10