Sloyd is an Oslo-based 3D content company building a generation platform that runs entirely in the browser. Its distinctive approach pairs generative AI with handcrafted parametric templates, so creators get both the speed of AI and the predictability of controllable, well-structured geometry. This hybrid model addresses a persistent weakness of pure text-to-3D: outputs that look plausible but are messy, non-manifold, or impractical to actually use in a pipeline.
The platform spans a broad set of 3D workflows. Users can generate models from text or images, apply AI texturing, and add rigging and animation, or start from hundreds of optimized parametric templates and customize them with simple controls or AI assistance. Because templates are handcrafted, the resulting meshes tend to be clean, optimized, and ready for downstream use, including 3D printing where manifold geometry is essential.
Sloyd is aimed squarely at creators who need assets that work in production. Game developers are a core audience, with plugin integration for Unity, Unreal, and Blender, and the platform also serves 3D printing, ecommerce, and user-generated-content platforms such as Roblox. Commercial licensing on generated assets removes a common friction point for studios worried about usage rights.
The combination of unlimited AI generation, topology control, and a large template library gives Sloyd a practical, pipeline-friendly identity rather than a purely experimental one. It positions the company as a tool teams can actually adopt for repeatable asset production, not just one-off novelty generation.
Sloyd raised a 3 million euro seed round backed by a notably games-savvy syndicate including SPEEDRUN, a16z GAMES' accelerator, Antler, and Skyfall Ventures, along with a strategic investment from Autodesk. The Autodesk involvement is significant, signaling industry interest in template-plus-AI approaches to 3D creation. With this funding, Sloyd is expanding its AI-driven 3D design software for gaming and broadening its procedural modeling capabilities.