Tripo AI, built by the startup VAST, is a generative-AI platform that turns text prompts and images into production-ready 3D models in seconds. Its Tripo Studio app and REST API cover the full 3D pipeline - generation, texturing, rigging, retopology, segmentation and stylization - and are used by more than 6.5 million creators and roughly 90,000 developers. Founded in 2023 by former MiniMax co-founder Simon Song, the company is pushing from single 3D assets toward interactive, persistent 'world models' and has raised close to $400 million from backers including Alibaba and Baidu Ventures.
Krea is a San Francisco-based generative-AI creative suite that lets designers, artists and brands generate, enhance and remix images, video and 3D in real time. Founded in 2022 by Victor Perez and Diego Rodriguez, the company unifies leading AI models behind a single, designer-friendly interface and reached a $500M valuation in 2025.