{"id":71817,"date":"2026-09-04T16:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/?p=71817"},"modified":"2026-09-04T16:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:23:05","slug":"tripo-ai-raises-3-billion-yuan-04092026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/tripo-ai-raises-3-billion-yuan-04092026\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Model Generator Tripo AI Raises 3 Billion Yuan in Series B and Series B+ Funding\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">On September 1, 2026, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/ai-3d-model-generators-3d-printing-13082026\/\">generative 3D company<\/a> Tripo AI announced it had raised approximately 3 billion yuan in its Series B and Series B+ financing rounds, equivalent to roughly $446 million USD. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The funding will help the Tripo team accelerate 3D-native foundation models and 3D data infrastructure, expand computing infrastructure for AI training and inference, and fuel product development and commercialization. <\/span>This news comes a few months after a similar platform, Meshy AI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/meshy-400-million-in-series-b-21072026\/\">raised nearly $400 million<\/a> in its Series B round, signalling strong overall interest in generative 3D.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time as the financing round completion,\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripo announced a breakthrough in its 3D-native foundation models, with the preview release of <strong>Tripo P2.0.<\/strong> This new foundation model allows for <strong>quad topology<\/strong>, a first for the industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71818 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Internal-Photos-600x343.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Internal-Photos-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Internal-Photos-160x91.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Internal-Photos.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">What Is Quad Topology?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With quad topology, users <\/span>can directly generate a clean quad mesh with more natural edge flow, making the asset easier to edit, rig, and animate. Triangle topology supports 500 to 50,000 faces, while quad topology supports 500 to 25,000 faces, covering most props and hero characters. With these capabilities, Tripo AI&#8217;s P2.0 is well-suited for rigging and animating game characters and props, and for generating production-ready<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a03D objects in seconds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Who Backed the Deal<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tripo AI financing was led by <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MPCi, the latest funding attracted a diverse set of institutions from various sectors. Major strategic and industry investors included Perfect World, BlueFocus, SPC, Yanqu Games, ThunderSoft, and 37 Interactive Entertainment. The financing rounds were also backed by financial investors such as CDH Venture and Growth Capital, CICC, CMC Capital Partners, Hongtai Aplus, 3H Health, Zhongping Capital, and GreatOrigin Asia. Existing investors Fortune Capital, Primavera Capital, 4399 Network, Muhua Tech Ventures, Vitalbridge Capital, INCE Capital, and T-Capital further increased their investments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What do you think of this development? Let us know in a comment below or on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/4987104\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/3Dnatives\/\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0pages! Plus, don\u2019t forget to sign up for our free weekly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/3d-printing-newsletter\/\">Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to get the latest 3D printing news straight to your inbox. You can also find all our videos on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMWrNpdLOXa7BffRKXZoaZw\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0channel.<\/p>\n<p><em>*All Photo Credits: Tripo AI<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 1, 2026, the generative 3D company Tripo AI announced it had raised approximately 3 billion yuan in its Series B and Series B+ financing rounds, equivalent to roughly $446 million USD. 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