Since closing its funding round in mid-2023, Yellow has expanded its team and is currently working on extending YellowSculpt to include fantasy characters and lifelike expressions and motion. The company is also exploring the creation of immersive 3D environments where these characters can interact. Yellow was cofounded by Mandeep Waraich, formerly Google’s Head of Product: Core ML – Large Models and Industrial AI, and Chief Scientist Prof. Vincent Sitzmann from MIT’s Scene Representation Group.
Key takeaways:
- Yellow has raised $5 million in seed funding from A16z Games to further develop its Gen AI-powered 3D modeling tool, YellowSculpt.
- YellowSculpt allows artists to generate clean, pre-rigged 3D character meshes based on a text prompt in under three minutes, making 3D character creation more accessible.
- Yellow has formed an exclusive partnership with Tafi, the developers of Daz Studio, leveraging Daz’s 3D library to train its generative AI model ethically and IP-safe.
- Since closing its fundraising round in mid-2023, Yellow has expanded to 12 employees globally and plans to grow the team further while extending YellowSculpt's capabilities to include fantasy characters and lifelike expressions and motion.