Pieter Levels, the solo Dutch developer behind Interior AI, announced a major new feature: users can upload a rough room video, several photos, or a floor plan, and the app generates an editable 3D scene using a headless Blender setup on a VPS. Users can change wall, floor, and ceiling colors, move or delete furniture, and add items from a 3D furniture library. Levels said he built the feature in about three hours and planned to launch it within hours of the announcement.
The feature builds on recent advances in AI's ability to generate 3D scenes from limited inputs. Levels noted that floor plans were previously difficult for image models to understand. Interior AI had already integrated World Labs' world model for 3D walkthroughs and Gaussian splats, and this new feature extends that capability to editable scenes generated from video or floor plans.
Pieter Levels announced on X that his app Interior AI is adding video-to-3D scene generation, editable furniture, one-tap style changes, and a floor plan mode, with the feature expected to launch within hours.
Interior AI already offers photorealistic renders from uploaded photos and has been integrating 3D walkthroughs via World Labs; a Render button converting 3D perspectives to photorealistic renders is consistent with the app's existing features. This is a minor claim about who built a landing page demo; not worth checking for the show.
The $75M Series B for robotics in manufacturing and logistics appears to be misattributed; the verified $75M Series B in this batch went to Kalepa, an AI insurance underwriting platform, not a robotics company called tutorintel.
NYC startup Kalepa raised $75M in Series B funding led by Updata Partners, with continued backing from IA Ventures and Inspired Capital; CEO Paul Monasterio confirmed the round. Joke/opinion; no factual claim to check. Opinion/rhetorical; no factual claim to check. Joke; no factual claim to check. Rhetorical question; no factual claim to check.
MGood morning, it's Tech Morning. I'm Matilda.
CAnd I'm Chris. Pieter Levels just showed off Interior AI turning a video of your living room into an editable 3D model.
MHe says he built it in three hours. I'll believe that when I see it.
CHe posted the demo on X. You upload a walkthrough video, and Interior AI is meant to make a walkable 3D space.
MSo you can move your couch without actually moving your couch.
CExactly. Change wall colors, delete furniture, add new pieces. Then hit render and get a photorealistic image.
MOkay, that's actually useful. The render button takes twenty seconds, he says.
CHe's been shipping a lot. The 3D editor and render button, plus a landing page demo.
MSome of us sleep, Chris.
CHe's a solo developer. This is what he does. He built the whole thing on a headless Blender setup on a VPS.
MAnd he's not done. He says floor plan mode is coming, and one-tap style switching.
CThe floor plan part is interesting. Image models used to choke on those.
MRight, because a floor plan is abstract. It's not a photo. The AI has to understand what a wall is.
CAnd it's set to. You'll be able to upload a rough sketch and get a 3D room.
MI want to see how rough. A napkin drawing? A real estate listing?
CHe says several photos or a floor plan. The video is the flashy part.
MThe real test is whether the furniture actually fits the room. AI loves to make a couch that's three feet long.
COr a lamp floating in the doorway.
MBut if it works, this is a big deal for anyone redecorating. No more guessing.
CAnd it's live now. He launched it within hours of the announcement.
MSpeaking of AI and money, there's a new startup claiming to be your personal hedge fund.
COh, this one. Volaren. Supposedly two ex-Goldman people, a million dollars from Y Combinator.
MThe pitch is that it plugs into your brokerage account and trades for you.
CWhat could possibly go wrong.
MI looked into it. I can't find any reliable source confirming this company exists.
CSo it's vaporware?
MThe posts are all over X, but no official announcement, no Y Combinator listing, nothing.
CThat's the problem with AI investing hype. Anyone can claim anything.
MAnd people will hand over their brokerage credentials. That's the scary part.
CIf it's real, fine. But right now it's just a tweet with a lot of emojis.
MUntil there's proof, it's a claim, not a product.
CMeanwhile, a real company raised real money. Kalepa, an AI insurance platform, got seventy-five million.
MThat one's confirmed. Series B, led by Updata Partners.
CThey help insurers underwrite and price risk. Boring, but real.
MBoring pays the bills. Unlike some robot out there messing with your retirement money.
CThere was also a post claiming a robotics company called tutorintel raised seventy-five million.
MThat's false. The seventy-five million went to Kalepa. Someone mixed up the names.
CAnd it's already spreading. That's how misinformation works.
MOne wrong tweet, and suddenly a robotics company has funding it never got.
CAlright, let's end on something lighter. A Bluesky post from Ben Collins.
M'The one guy on Earth who should've got an AI girlfriend had like five secret real ones instead.'
CThat's a solid joke.
MIt's about the AI bubble, obviously. Everyone's waiting for it to pop.
CAnd the joke is that the guy who needed AI the most was doing fine on his own.
MMaybe the AI bubble is just a distraction from the real bubble: people.
CThat's deep for a Thursday morning.
MWe'll be back with more after this.