On 1 September 2026 VAST, developer of Tripo AI, announced roughly 3 billion yuan (~$446 million) across Series B and Series B+ rounds led by MPCi, with backers including Perfect World, 37 Interactive Entertainment, CICC and CMC Capital. The raise coincided with a preview of Tripo P2.0, a 3D-native foundation model that generates production-ready quad-topology 3D objects in seconds.
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3D-AI maker Tripo (VAST) raises ~$446M Series B for foundation models
Why this matters for founders
Games, film, robotics, and e-commerce founders can now generate clean, riggable 3D assets from text or images, cutting art pipelines; evaluate Tripo P2.0 before budgeting for manual 3D modeling.
Source: FinSMEs
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