NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 13, 2024--
Spline, the collaborative 3D design platform, today announced the addition of Android support, making it possible for the first time ever to design for Android in 3D, build the interactions, and ship natively to any spatial device, mobile application, or website without using code. It is now the only 3D design platform to enable these capabilities across both the Android and Apple ecosystems. Spline also debuted a number of features, including its real-time API and WebHooks, which can connect with AI to create rich interactive AI experiences in 3D.
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In addition to Spline’s new capabilities, the company also announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from Gradient Ventures, Y Combinator, Firestreak, Jorn van Dijk (CEO of Framer), and Guillermo Rauch (CEO of Vercel). Third Point Partner Dan Moskowitz joined the company’s board of directors. Funds will be used for ongoing product development, with a particular emphasis on bringing AI to 3D designers and simplifying the creative process to further excite Spline’s rapidly growing user base. This user base has doubled over the past 12 months, and the Spline community has already designed more than 7 million scenes.
"We were blown away by how easy it was to create and collaborate inside Spline and push designs into production," said Dan Moskowitz, Partner at Third Point Ventures. "The up-to-now standard 3D design tools, most of which first came out decades ago, are not approachable. They take a lot of time to get productive. Spline's early traction, and the novel use-cases that users are coming up with, show that it is changing the way people think about 3D and how 3D can add value."
Delivering the Future of Content Creation
Spline offers a web-based collaborative platform that enables designers to create stunning 3D content and interactive experiences without coding. The company's user-friendly interface and powerful features have attracted millions of creators globally, from individual designers to large enterprises.
“Previously, the only way to make interactive 3D for mobile was to use a game engine, which was problematic. It simply did not make sense for a designer to learn how to use something as complex as a game engine when trying to make 3D content for an app, so we figured out a way to fundamentally change this,” said Alejandro León, founder and CEO of Spline. “3D is the future for content creation. We strive to make it as simple and compelling as possible by giving designers the superpowers they need to transform ideas into production-ready experiences.”
Spline now expands its cross-platform support with the Android ecosystem - enabling people to make 3D not only for phones and tablets, but also smart watches, smart TVs, Android Auto, and more. This follows Spline’s announcement of support for the Apple ecosystem (including the Vision Pro), ensuring 3D content can be experienced anywhere.
In addition to Android support, Spline also rolled out:
Spline also offers AI Generation tools that integrate with their comprehensive 3D editor, including features like 3D vector editing, motion, interactive experiences, physics, particles, and much more.
Since its inception, Spline has garnered praise from the design community for its intuitive interface and tooling. The platform has been adopted by leading companies spanning a range of sectors, showcasing its versatility and potential to transform 3D design workflows.
“We just rebranded Alloy, with Spline as part of our toolkit for generating top-notch assets we can use across social media, landing pages, videos, and more. I love how polished the 3D looks, not to mention the interactive capabilities,” said Filipe Soares, Design Lead at Alloy Integrations. “Spline came at the right time. I have full control over the creative and implementation processes, and we no longer need to rely on heavy tools like Cinema 4D or work through time-consuming Three.js code. Sometimes, all we need is a tool that solves our problems really fast without compromising quality.”
As the demand for 3D content continues to grow across industries, from e-commerce to gaming to spatial computing, Spline is the leading platform for designers looking to create immersive, interactive, production-ready 3D experiences.
To learn more about Spline’s latest features, check out this video. Find out more about how Spline’s customers are using the platform here.
About Spline
Spline was founded in 2020 by Alejandro Leon, a lifelong 3D designer, as a web-based, no-code 3D design platform with real-time collaboration. Spline is dedicated to revolutionizing 3D design by making it accessible to anyone with a web browser. Spline has enabled millions of designers to create interactive 3D experiences and share scenes in any modern web browser while using a familiar design process. To get started easily, Spline designers can use templates from the Library, remix each other's work straight from the in-app Spline Community, or use AI features to expand their design possibilities. For more information about Spline and to try the platform, visithttps://spline.design/.
About Third Point Ventures:
Since 2000, Third Point Ventures, the venture capital arm of the asset manager Third Point LLC, has pursued opportunities in multistage investments in private companies with exceptional management teams, sustainable technical advantages, optimal timing, and in opportunities where risk/reward are in balance based on disciplined selection, structure, and entry valuation. We bring deep technical expertise, a strong network of relationships, extensive go-to-market experience, and insights from our decades of global public markets investing to add value to our partners throughout their journey from idea to IPO and beyond. Information about Third Point Ventures and our investments may be found at https://www.thirdpointventures.com/.
Spline is a web-based, real-time 3D design platform that enables creators to collaborate, build, and ship interactive 3D experiences straight to production across any platform. (Photo: Business Wire)
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli official confirmed that the Israeli military targeted Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah military official, in Friday's airstrike on Beirut.
It wasn't immediately clear if Akil was killed in the Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs that killed at least three people and wounded 17 others, according to Lebanese health officials. The Israeli official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was discussing a behind the scenes security matter.
An official close to the Hezbollah militant group, also speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to brief the media, confirmed to The Associated Press that Akil was supposed to be in the building when it was targeted Friday. The official couldn't confirm if Akil was killed.
Akil has served as the head of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force and Jihad Council, the group’s highest military body. The U.S. State Department has sanctioned Akil for his alleged role in carrying out the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and that he had directed the taking of American and German hostages in Lebanon and held them there during the 1980s.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli strike on Beirut on Friday killed at least three people and wounded more than a dozen others, Lebanese health officials said, the first Israeli attack on Lebanon's capital in months that came shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets.
Israel announced the strike, but didn't immediately specify the target in Beirut's crowded southern suburbs, where Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group holds sway. An Israeli officials
Lebanon's Health Ministry reported that at least three people were killed and 17 others wounded as local networks broadcast footage of wounded people being pulled from the ruins of a flattened building and ambulances rushing to the scene of the strike.
The strike in Dahiyeh, just kilometers from downtown Beirut, hit during rush hour, as people were leaving work and students headed home from school.
The escalation came as the region awaited the revenge promised by the militant group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, for this week’s mass bombing attack on pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members.
Israel's rare strike on the Beirut suburbs came after Hezbollah pounded Israel with 140 rockets, which the Israeli military said came in three waves targeting sites along the ravaged border with Lebanon.
Following the attacks, the Israeli military said that it had struck areas across southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, but didn’t provide details of damage.
Hezbollah said that its attacks had targeted several sites along the border with Katyusha rockets, including multiple air defense bases as well as the headquarters of an Israeli armored brigade they said they’d struck for the first time.
The Israeli military said that 120 missiles were launched at areas of the Golan Heights, Safed and the Upper Galilee, some of which were intercepted. Fire crews were working to extinguish blazes caused by pieces of debris that fell to the ground in several areas, the military said.
The military didn’t say whether any missiles had hit targets or caused any casualties.
Another 20 missiles were shot at the areas of Meron and Netua, and most fell in open areas, the military said, adding that no injuries were reported.
Hezbollah said that the rockets were in retaliation for Israeli strikes on villages and homes in southern Lebanon, not two days of attacks widely blamed on Israel that set off explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies.
On Thursday, Israel said its military had struck “hundreds of rocket launcher barrels” in southern Lebanon, saying that they “were ready to be used in the immediate future to fire toward Israeli territory.”
The army also ordered residents in parts of the Golan Heights and northern Israel to avoid public gatherings, minimize movements and stay close to shelters in anticipation of the rocket fire that eventually came Friday.
Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily fire since Oct. 8, a day after the Israel-Hamas war’s opening salvo, but Friday’s rocket barrages were heavier than normal.
Nasrallah on Thursday vowed to keep up daily strikes on Israel despite this week’s deadly sabotage of its members’ communication devices, which he described as a “severe blow.”
At least 20 were killed in the attacks and thousands were wounded when pagers, walkie-talkies and other devices exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The sophisticated attacks have heightened fears that the cross-border exchanges of fire will escalate into all-out war. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the attacks.
In recent days, Israel has moved a powerful fighting force up to the northern border, officials have escalated their rhetoric, and the country’s security Cabinet has designated the return of tens of thousands of displaced residents to their homes in northern Israel an official war goal.
Fighting in Gaza has slowed, but casualties continue to rise.
Overnight, Palestinian authorities said that 15 people were killed in multiple Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Those included six people, including an unknown number of children, in an airstrike early Friday morning in Gaza City that hit a family home, Gaza’s Civil Defense said. Another person was killed in Gaza City when a strike hit a group of people on a street.
Israel maintains that it only targets militants, and accuses Hamas and other armed groups of endangering civilians by operating in residential areas. The military, which rarely comments on individual strikes, had no immediate comment.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says that more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. The ministry doesn’t differentiate between fighters and civilians in its count, but says a little over half of those killed were women and children.
Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 militants, without providing evidence.
More than 95,000 people have also been wounded in Gaza since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry said.
The war has caused vast destruction and displaced about 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million.
A woman checks the scene of a missile strike from her damaged house in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Rescuers carry a body at the scene of a missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Ambulances arrive at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
People stand on top of a damaged car at the scene of a missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People and rescuers gather at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People gather near a damaged building at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People gather at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People gather at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket fired from Lebanon, in northern Israel, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
