Point-E

OpenAI · 2022 · 3D Generation · USA

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A · App: No
B · Built By: OpenAI
C · CEO & Politics: Sam Altman — Independent; self-described 'politically homeless' (2025); former Democratic donor; $1M personal donation to Trump inaugural fund (2025)
D · Date: 2022
E · Expertise: Intermediate+
F · Free Tier: Yes
G · Generates: Text only
H · Deployment: Cloud + Local (open weights)
I · Inputs: Text
J · Jurisdiction: USA
K · Key Staffers: Greg Brockman (President), Jakub Pachocki (Chief Scientist), Brad Lightcap (COO), Fidji Simo (CEO Applications), Sarah Friar (CFO), Mark Chen (SVP Research), Denise Dresser (CRO)
L · Languages: English-primary
M · Model Type: 3D Generation
N · Safety Issues: None reported
O · Open Source: Yes — open weights
P · Pricing: Free (open weights, MIT)
Q · AIDb Rating: [UNKNOWN]
R · What Makes It Special: OpenAI's Point-E, a system that generates 3D point clouds from prompts: its main models create point clouds from synthetic view images, a small, lower-quality model works directly from text, and an SDF regression model turns point clouds into meshes.
S · Stock / Status: Private (~$852B valuation, Mar 2026)
T · Training Cutoff: [UNKNOWN]
U · Users: [UNKNOWN]
V · Voice Chat: No
W · Weights: Downloadable
X · X Handle: @OpenAI
Y · Year Founded: [UNKNOWN]
Z · Bottom Line: Open-weights 3D Generation from OpenAI, released 2022.

Data completeness 85% · Last verified 2026-05-12 · Primary source ↗

“Point-E.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-05-12. https://theaidatabase.com/m/point-e.html