DigitalCarbon
DigitalCarbon is a YC Summer 2024 (S24) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA.
About DigitalCarbon
Summary
DigitalCarbon converts standard photos and videos, shot on any smartphone or camera, into interactive, photorealistic 3D environments rendered at over 100 frames per second on ordinary consumer devices. It serves real estate agents, e-commerce retailers, tourism operators, and drone inspection teams, replacing specialized scanning hardware and slow rendering pipelines. Businesses that previously needed equipment like dedicated 3D cameras or Matterport-style rigs can produce virtual property tours, interactive product visualizations, and aerial 3D models from images they already capture.
Go-to-market
DigitalCarbon targets B2B customers across real estate, e-commerce, tourism, and drone inspection, offering both a consumer-facing app and a developer API, with early access sign-ups as the current entry point.
From the Y Combinator listing
Transform Images And Videos Into Immersive 3D With AI
Digitalcarbon transforms ordinary images and videos into interactive, photorealistic 3D environments. Our technology can take photos from any device and render 3D scenes at more than 100 frames per second on everyday devices. The founders were the first and second hires at a previous YC company AssemblyAI, and have more than 8 years of experience building AI models. Creating immersive 3D experiences typically requires complex equipment and suffers from slow rendering speeds. This has limited the adoption of 3D technology across various industries. Digitalcarbon fixes that, eliminating the need for specialized equipment and dramatically accelerating the rendering process. Our technology enables applications across various industries: * Real estate: Creating virtual property tours that feel remarkably lifelike * E-commerce: Providing interactive 3D product visualizations to boost consumer experience * Tourism: Helping tourist businesses attract more travelers with immersive virtual previews * Drone mapping and inspection: Enhancing aerial surveys and structural assessments with detailed 3D models Think Unreal Engine meets Matterport with no hardware, but faster, editable, and more accessible for businesses of all sizes.
Facts
- B2B / B2B
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Michael Nguyen
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