GritWorld
粒界科技
GritWorld (粒界科技) is a computer graphics engine technology provider that has raised multiple rounds from a mix of strategic and venture investors. Linear Capital, which backed the company at an early stage , reported that GritWorld closed a B+ round in late 2022 and a "tens of millions of dollars" B2 round in August 2023 led by BYD , with participation from Tencent Investment, Baidu Venture, Hillhouse Venture, Poly Capital, Xi Chuang Tou and others . The company sits in the broader world-model and spatial computing space alongside entities like World Labs and Groq, though elsewhere's corpus does not detail its specific product roadmap or founding team.
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