Tripo
Tripo is an AI-native 3D generation company offering text/image-to-3D models via its Studio web app, API, and OEM integrations. It serves 6.5M+ creators, 40K–90K developers, and 700+ enterprise clients across gaming, 3D printing, and consumer hardware.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2023
- HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingSoftware
What Tripo does
Tripo is a private AI-native 3D generation company founded in 2023 and operating under the legal entity Holymolly Ltd., headquartered in San Francisco with engineering hubs in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou. Its core product, Tripo Studio, is a web-based workspace that converts text, images, and sketches into production-ready 3D assets in as little as two seconds, complemented by a public Tripo API consumed by 40,000–90,000 developers. The platform is built around a proprietary 20-billion-plus parameter foundation model with native spatial generation (rather than 2D-elevation lift) and includes a portfolio of model tiers (v1.4, v2.0, v2.5, v3.0, H3.1, Smart Mesh P1.0, FACE, UniRig, AniGen) plus open-source releases (TripoSR co-developed with Stability AI, TripoSG, TripoSplat) and a research project called Project Eden for world-model generation. Output formats include GLB, GLTF, FBX, OBJ, USDZ, STL, 3MF, and MP4, with deep integrations into Blender, Unity, Unreal, Godot, Cocos, ComfyUI, Civitai, Replit, and Makerworld.
The business model is a hybrid of SaaS subscriptions (Free, Pro $13.93–$19.9/month, Max $53.94–$89.9/month, Team $54.93–$109.9/seat/month, annual or monthly billing), usage-based API consumption, and enterprise/OEM licensing for embedded integrations. Customers include 6.5M+ creators and 700+ industry clients, with named enterprise relationships spanning Microsoft, Tencent, NetEase Games, ByteDance, Sony, HTC, Haier, Bambu Lab, and Stability AI, alongside developer-platform relationships with Replit and Civitai. The Tripo Game Hub sub-brand formalizes the gaming vertical, while Bambu Lab and Makerworld anchor the 3D-printing vertical.
Tripo has raised approximately $250 million in total across a $50M Series A in March 2026 led by Alibaba and Baidu Ventures and approximately $200M in Series A+/A++ rounds in June 2026 with the same anchor investors plus Genesis Capital, INCE Capital, and Primavera Capital Group. The company employs 51–100 staff (with active research scientist hiring across China) and reports 100M+ cumulative 3D models generated across the platform. Co-founders Simon Song (CEO) and Guoli Su lead the business alongside Chief Scientist Dr. Yanpei Cao, who heads the world-model research direction.
Tripo firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Tripo
- Legal name
- Holymolly Ltd
- Website
- https://tripo3d.ai
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2023
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Tripo is an AI-native 3D generation company offering text/image-to-3D models via its Studio web app, API, and OEM integrations. It serves 6.5M+ creators, 40K–90K developers, and 700+ enterprise clients across gaming, 3D printing, and consumer hardware.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where Tripo is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- San Francisco
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices3 records
Markets served
Tripo business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- SaaS subscriptions (Studio): Tiered recurring SaaS subscriptions for Tripo Studio: Free, Pro ($13.93–$19.9/month), Max ($53.94–$89.9/month), and Team ($54.93–$109.9/seat/month) billed monthly or annually.
- API consumption (Tripo API): Usage-based revenue from the Tripo API consumed by 40,000+–90,000 developers and enterprise platforms (Tencent, ByteDance, Microsoft, NetEase, Stability AI, etc.) integrating 3D generation into their own products.
- Enterprise / OEM licensing: Enterprise contracts and OEM/embedded licensing with consumer and gaming brands (Sony, HTC, Haier, Bambu Lab) embedding Tripo inside their own offerings.
- Freemium land-and-expand: Free tier with usage limits drives funnel acquisition; conversion to paid Pro/Max/Team tiers is the primary land-and-expand mechanic, especially for individual creators and small studios.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Monthly | Free tier — $0/month |
| Subscription | Monthly | Pro — $13.93/month (annual) or $19.9/month (monthly) |
| Subscription | Monthly | Max — $53.94/month (annual) or $89.9/month (monthly) |
| Per seat | Monthly | Team — $54.93/seat/month (annual) or $109.9/seat/month (monthly) |
Go-to-market motion5 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels6 records
Tripo product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Tripo provides an AI-powered 3D model generation platform that converts text prompts, images, or sketches into production-ready textured 3D meshes, with optional automatic retopology, rigging, animation, and texture refinement. The product is delivered through a web-based workspace (Tripo Studio), a developer REST API (Tripo API), and a portfolio of proprietary and open-source foundation models (Tripo H3.1, P1.0, TripoSR, TripoSG, TripoSplat). Customers include individual creators, indie developers, gaming studios, 3D-printing OEMs, and enterprise brands across multiple verticals.
Product overview
Tripo offers a single integrated generative 3D platform composed of a flagship web workspace (Tripo Studio), a developer-facing API (Tripo API), and a set of foundation models (Tripo v1.4 / v2.0 / v2.5 / v3.0, Tripo H3.1, Tripo P1.0 Smart Mesh, FACE, UniRig, AniGen, SkinTokens) that power text-to-3D, image-to-3D, rigging, animation, and texture refinement. The platform also includes the Tripo Game Hub for game-engine workflows, open-source research releases (TripoSR, TripoSG, TripoSplat), the Project Eden world-model research effort, and a plugins layer that connects Studio output to Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine, ComfyUI, Cocos, and Godot.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Tripo Studio: AI-powered 3D creation platform and web-based workspace that consolidates the entire 3D production pipeline including modeling, texturing, optimization, and rigging into a single interface.
- Tripo Game Hub
- Tripo API
- Tripo v1.4
- Tripo v2.0
- Tripo v2.5
- Tripo v3.0
Products and services
- Tripo Studio Flagship web-based generative 3D workspace that combines text/image-to-3D generation, AI editing, automatic retopology, rigging, animation, and texture refinement in a single integrated environment for individual creators, indie developers, and small studios.
- Tripo API Public REST API for programmatic access to Tripo's generative 3D models (v1.4, v2.0, v2.5, v3.0, H3.1, P1.0), supporting model generation, animation, retopology, and texture refinement, consumed by 40,000-90,000 developers and enterprise platforms.
- Tripo Game Hub Game-industry focused hub within the Tripo ecosystem that surfaces tools, plugins, and assets tailored for Unity, Unreal, Cocos, and Godot-based game development, including community discovery and sharing of AI-generated 3D games.
- Tripo H3.1 Flagship high-fidelity mesh generation model from Tripo, optimized for sharper geometry and finer surface detail for production-grade assets such as characters, environments, and product visualization.
- Tripo P1.0 / Smart Mesh P1.0 Production-ready generative 3D mesh model engineered for downstream pipelines and real-world asset production, including game-engine, AR/VR, and interactive 3D workloads.
- FACE High-fidelity 3D face generation capability for detailed character faces, released alongside the Tripo H3.1 generation model.
- AniGen Animation generation model that produces motion for rigged 3D characters from text or motion input, available via the Tripo platform and API.
- UniRig Automatic skeleton and rigging generation model that prepares generated 3D meshes for downstream animation, exposed as a capability within Tripo Studio and the API.
- TripoSR Open-source image-to-3D reconstruction model from Tripo (co-developed with Stability AI), reconstructs 3D meshes from a single image; distributed with open weights and inference code on public model hubs.
- TripoSplat Open-source Gaussian-splatting-based 3D generation research model released by Tripo on GitHub and Hugging Face.
- TripoSG Open-source image-to-3D generative model released by Tripo with public weights and inference code, supporting shape generation use cases.
- Tripo 3.0 (v3.0) Third-generation generative 3D model available via the Tripo API, offering improved geometry, texture, and prompt adherence for production text/image-to-3D workflows.
Quantifiable outcome
- 3D asset generation in as little as 2 seconds — approximately 100x speed improvement
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Tripo
Customer profileNamed customers12 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Tripo technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration6 records
AI capability11 records
Feature8 records
Tripo partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
25 partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, mid-tier and flagship enterprise.
- Stability AIstrategicCo-developed and co-released TripoSR, the open-source image-to-3D model, and appears as both a customer logo and integration partner on Tripo's homepage and API page. The TripoSR release is one of Tripo's flagship open-source assets driving developer mindshare.
- Bambu LabstrategicFeatured as customer/integration partner across Tripo's homepage, API page, and blog (Makerworld partnership). Bambu Lab is a leading 3D printer manufacturer; integration brings AI 3D generation into the 3D-printing ecosystem.
- Makerworldmid-tierIntegration partnership enabling Tripo-generated 3D models to flow into Makerworld's 3D-printing model marketplace, associated with the Bambu Lab ecosystem.
- Layer AImid-tierFeatured on Tripo's API integration page; Layer AI integrates Tripo's 3D generation into its own creative tooling.
- Nilo (Nilo Technologies)mid-tierAPI integration partner listed on Tripo's API page; embeds Tripo's 3D generation into Nilo's product.
- Style 3Dmid-tierAPI integration partner listed on Tripo's API page for 3D garment and apparel workflows.
- Virtual Flowmid-tierAPI integration partner listed on Tripo's API page.
- Tencentflagship enterpriseFeatured as a customer logo on Tripo's homepage and API page, and named in press as an enterprise client using Tripo for 3D generation in gaming and entertainment workflows.
- NetEase Gamesflagship enterpriseFeatured as a customer logo on Tripo's homepage and API page; named enterprise client in gaming, integrating Tripo into game-asset pipelines.
- ByteDanceflagship enterpriseAPI customer and logo on Tripo's API page; named enterprise client for 3D content creation across ByteDance's product portfolio.
- Microsoftflagship enterpriseNamed in news/press as an enterprise client of Tripo's 3D generation technology.
- SonystrategicFeatured as a customer logo on Tripo's homepage; enterprise relationship around consumer electronics and gaming.
- HTCstrategicFeatured as a customer logo on Tripo's homepage and API page; enterprise relationship around VR/AR hardware and 3D content.
- HaierstrategicFeatured as a customer logo on Tripo's homepage; enterprise relationship around smart-home appliances and 3D product visualization.
- ReplitstrategicIntegration partnership surfacing Tripo's 3D generation capabilities inside the Replit developer environment; logo featured on Tripo's homepage.
- CivitaistrategicIntegration partnership with Civitai's AI creator community; Tripo models surface in Civitai for AI-generated 3D assets. Logo on Tripo's homepage and API page.
- Lovartmid-tierIntegration with Lovart's AI design tooling; logo featured on Tripo's homepage.
- UnitystrategicGame engine integration referenced in Tripo's integrations list, enabling Tripo-generated assets to be exported into Unity scenes.
- Unreal EnginestrategicGame engine integration referenced in Tripo's integrations list, enabling Tripo-generated assets to be exported into Unreal Engine scenes.
- BlenderstrategicDCC tool integration referenced in Tripo's integrations list, enabling Tripo-generated assets to be imported into Blender scenes.
- Mayamid-tierDCC tool integration referenced in Tripo's integrations list for professional 3D modeling workflows.
- ZBrushmid-tierIntegration referenced in Tripo's blog content for digital sculpting workflows.
- Cocosmid-tierGame engine integration referenced in Tripo's integrations list.
- Godotmid-tierGame engine integration referenced in Tripo's integrations list.
- ComfyUIstrategicIntegration into ComfyUI's node-based generative AI workflows, allowing Tripo's 3D generation to be composed with other generative models.
Scale indicators11 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Tripo competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Luma AI: Luma AI builds text/image-to-3D and text-to-video generative models (Genie, Dream Machine), competing head-to-head with Tripo on AI 3D asset generation for creators and enterprises.
- Hyper3D (Rodin): Hyper3D's Rodin is an AI 3D generation platform for game and metaverse assets, competing with Tripo on production-grade mesh generation and rigging/animation workflows.
- Kaedim: Kaedim turns 2D images into production-ready 3D meshes for game studios and product teams, targeting the same creator-to-studio pipeline that Tripo serves.
- Common Sense Machines (CSM): CSM provides AI 3D world and asset generation APIs aimed at game studios and enterprises, directly overlapping with Tripo's API and OEM offerings.
- Meshy (fofr): Meshy offers text/image-to-3D generation as a self-serve web product and API for creators and game developers — overlapping directly with Tripo Studio and the Tripo API.
- Stability AI: Stability AI co-developed TripoSR with Tripo and ships competing open-source generative 3D and image models, making it both a partner and a direct competitor in the open 3D foundation-model space.
Emerging players
- Sloyd: Sloyd focuses on AI-generated 3D models with text-to-3D and real-time customization, intersecting Tripo's creator/SMB use case but with narrower game-asset and product-visualization emphasis.
- Spline: Spline is a browser-based 3D design platform with growing AI features; it is an adjacent (not directly generative-asset) competitor for the same creator/design audience.
Broad incumbents
- Roblox (Roblox Studio AI tools): Roblox operates one of the largest 3D content creation platforms and is embedding generative AI into creator workflows, competing with Tripo for game-developer mindshare and asset generation demand.
- NVIDIA (Edify / Picasso / Omniverse): NVIDIA ships generative 3D foundation models (Edify/Picasso) and the Omniverse platform to enterprise customers, representing a broad incumbent that competes with Tripo at the OEM and API layer.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Tripo leadership team
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Profiles3 records
Tripo funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors5 records
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Tripo M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Tripo
What does Tripo do?
Tripo provides an AI-powered 3D model generation platform that converts text prompts, images, or sketches into production-ready textured 3D meshes, with optional automatic retopology, rigging, animation, and texture refinement. The product is delivered through a web-based workspace (Tripo Studio), a developer REST API (Tripo API), and a portfolio of proprietary and open-source foundation models (Tripo H3.1, P1.0, TripoSR, TripoSG, TripoSplat). Customers include individual creators, indie developers, gaming studios, 3D-printing OEMs, and enterprise brands across multiple verticals.
Is Tripo a public or private company?
Tripo is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Tripo founded?
Tripo was founded in 2023. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Tripo based?
Tripo is headquartered in San Francisco, United States, in the North America region.
How does Tripo make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. SaaS subscriptions (Studio) is the primary driver. The others are API consumption (Tripo API), enterprise / OEM licensing and freemium land-and-expand.
Who are Tripo's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Luma AI, Hyper3D (Rodin), Kaedim, Common Sense Machines (CSM), Meshy (fofr) and Stability AI. Emerging players are Sloyd and Spline. Broad incumbents are Roblox (Roblox Studio AI tools) and NVIDIA (Edify / Picasso / Omniverse).
Does Tripo have an API?
Yes. Tripo offers a public REST API for generative 3D model creation. Developers can programmatically generate 3D models from text and image inputs, access model versions (v1.4, v2.0, v2.5, v3.0), animate models, retopologize meshes, and perform texture refinement. The platform also provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration via a dedicated MCP tutorial. Developer documentation is at www.tripo3d.ai/api.