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Infrastructure for photorealistic volumetric video production.
GRACIA.AI provides infrastructure for ultra-photorealistic volumetric video using 4D Gaussian Splatting. It offers an automated, cloud-based pipeline to capture, process, and stream high-fidelity, free-viewpoint content. This ensures efficient bitrates, near-lossless compression, and infinite frame interpolation across XR and 2D platforms. The company's technical approach enables robust performance and broad compatibility for immersive experiences.
Based in London, GRACIA.AI was founded by a team recognizing a market need for scalable volumetric video. Their insight addressed technical challenges in delivering high-fidelity, free-viewpoint digital content for emerging XR. This led to their proprietary 4D Gaussian Splatting pipeline, simplifying data processing and real-time rendering workflows. Their expertise drives the development of production-ready solutions for complex visual media.
GRACIA.AI targets creators, media, and developers integrating photorealistic virtual experiences. The platform performs strongly on XR devices like Meta Quest 3, with Vision Pro support, underscoring its high-end immersive focus. It envisions becoming the standard for volumetric video production, enabling accessible, scalable hyper-realistic digital content across evolving media and extended reality.
GRACIA.AI has raised $2.7M across 2 funding rounds.
GRACIA.AI has raised $2.7M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Gracia AI is a seed-stage startup founded in 2023 that builds infrastructure for Gaussian Splatting-based volumetric video production, transforming 2D videos into photorealistic 3D spatial experiences with full 6DoF (six degrees of freedom) viewpoint freedom.[1][2][3] It serves content creators, VR/AR developers, and platforms like Quest 3, Pico 4 Ultra, and upcoming Vision Pro, solving the challenge of creating truly immersive, walk-through real-world captures that surpass limited stereoscopic or 360° content.[2][3] The company has raised $1.2M in seed funding, offers cloud-based processing, SDKs for XR/2D rendering, and on-site capture in regions like the US, EU, UK, Canada, and Japan, with strong growth signals including 15 developers/designers and ambitions to become the "YouTube of volumetric content."[1][3]
Gracia AI was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.[1][2] While specific founder names are not detailed in available sources, the company emerged amid advances in Gaussian Splatting—a technique representing scenes as overlapping 3D Gaussian functions for efficient, photorealistic rendering.[3] Early traction came from leveraging open-source smartphone apps like Luma for volumetric stills, quickly evolving to proprietary video pipelines using just 20 GoPro cameras for capture, despite high processing demands (e.g., two minutes per frame).[3] A pivotal moment was its $1.2M seed raise about a year ago, fueling a team of 15 and platform launches on Quest 3 and PC VR.[1][3]
Gracia AI rides the spatial computing wave in AR/VR, fueled by hardware like Quest 3, Vision Pro, and Pico, where demand for photorealistic, volumetric content outpaces traditional 360° or artist-modeled 3D.[1][3] Timing aligns with Gaussian Splatting's maturity, enabling consumer-grade rendering without PCs, amid market forces like Apple's Immersive Video push and enterprise XR adoption in sectors like manufacturing and gaming.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by democratizing "truly volumetric" tools via SDKs, potentially accelerating content libraries for platforms and fostering a creator economy akin to YouTube for 6DoF media.[3]
Gracia AI is poised to expand from stills to short volumetric videos using in-house tech, targeting broader adoption on Vision Pro and scaling capture efficiency beyond 20 GoPros.[3] Trends like edge AI rendering, multimodal XR hardware, and metaverse content demand will propel it, potentially evolving from niche pipeline to dominant platform with viral creator tools. As spatial computing matures, Gracia could redefine immersive media, turning everyday videos into explorable 3D worlds and cementing its seed-stage momentum into ecosystem leadership.[2][3]
GRACIA.AI has raised $2.7M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $1.7M Other Equity in December 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2025 | $1.7M Venture Round | Ewor | — | Announced |
| Jun 1, 2024 | $1M Seed | — | Axiom Partners, Founders' Co OP, The Venture Reality Fund, Future Fund, LVL1 Group, Tipatat Chennavasin, Triptyq Capital | Announced |
GRACIA.AI has raised $2.7M in total across 2 funding rounds.
GRACIA.AI's investors include Ewor, Axiom Partners, Founders' Co-op, The Venture Reality Fund, Future Fund, LVL1 Group, Tipatat Chennavasin, Triptyq Capital.