Ydrive
Ydrive is developing the world's first real-world metaverse, a crowd-sourced, up-to-date digital replica of reality for both machine and human utilization. Their AI-powered pipeline generates highly accurate and robust 3D digital twins from user-captured drives, bike rides, or walks using only standard smartphones.
Ydrive
Ydrive is developing the world's first real-world metaverse, a crowd-sourced, up-to-date digital replica of reality for both machine and human utilization. Their AI-powered pipeline generates highly accurate and robust 3D digital twins from user-captured drives, bike rides, or walks using only standard smartphones.
TL;DR
What they do: Automated pipeline that converts image collections into high-quality 3D reconstructions (Gaussian splat models) for mapping, digital twins, AR/VR, robotics, and related uses.
Products: Enterprise API (Stratus) and prosumer service (cr3ate.ai).
Founders: Filip Panjevic (Co‑Founder & CTO) and Udiyan Padmanabhan (Co‑Founder).
Headquarters & founding: Founded 2018; headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA.
Company size: Around 9 employees.
Recent funding signal: Convertible note closed Jun 5, 2022; Epic Games recorded as a funder.
Company Overview
Problem Domain
3D reconstruction, digital twins, mapping, AR/VR, robotics, autonomous systems.
Founded
2018
Industry
3D mapping / digital twins / computer vision
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
Grant recorded in third-party profiles (Aug 2020).
Convertible note closed Jun 5, 2022; Epic Games recorded as a funder in third-party profiles.
Investor Signal
“Epic Games listed as a funder in third-party records”