YC alum Adam raises $4.1M to turn viral text-to-3D tool into AI copilot
Adam, one of the most viral startups in Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch, has raised a $4.1 million seed round to power its next steps, TechCrunch learned exclusively. After generating over 10 million social media impressions with the launch of its text-to-3D model app, the AI startup had its pick of investors. “We were getting term sheets over email without any meetings,” said CEO Zach Dive (on the right of the picture). Adam quickly went with TQ Ventures as its lead investor because they agreed on the future of computer-aided design (CAD). Just as importantly, they also agreed on Adam’s roadmap — going consumer first, and then to enterprise. This required the most alignment: Adam caught people’s attention with a mainstream product, not an enterprise one. But…
