{"slug": "from-mit-research-to-1-5b-unicorn-ethan-hus-meshy-raises-400m-for-ai-powered-3d", "title": "From MIT research to $1.5B unicorn: Ethan Hu’s Meshy raises $400M for AI-powered 3D creation", "summary": "Ethan Hu's Meshy, an AI-powered 3D creation startup spun out of MIT research, raised $400 million in funding, valuing the company at $1.5 billion. The company aims to reduce the time and expertise needed to build 3D models from days to minutes using artificial intelligence.", "body_md": "Building a usable 3D model has traditionally meant days of specialist software work, an experienced designer, and a…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-mit-research-to-1-5b-unicorn-ethan-hus-meshy-raises-400m-for-ai-powered-3d", "canonical_source": "https://techfundingnews.com/from-mit-research-to-1-5b-unicorn-ethan-hus-meshy-raises-400m-for-ai-powered-3d-creation/", "published_at": "2026-07-24 05:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-24 05:25:06.180061+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups", "ai-products", "generative-ai", "computer-vision"], "entities": ["Ethan Hu", "Meshy", "MIT"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-mit-research-to-1-5b-unicorn-ethan-hus-meshy-raises-400m-for-ai-powered-3d", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-mit-research-to-1-5b-unicorn-ethan-hus-meshy-raises-400m-for-ai-powered-3d.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-mit-research-to-1-5b-unicorn-ethan-hus-meshy-raises-400m-for-ai-powered-3d.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/from-mit-research-to-1-5b-unicorn-ethan-hus-meshy-raises-400m-for-ai-powered-3d.jsonld"}}