Decart (Oasis) — First playable AI world model. $3.1B valuation, $153M raised. 1M+ users in 3 days. Generates Minecraft-style worlds at 20fps from pure AI. Sequoia calls it "the most compelling investment in this space."
Google DeepMind (Genie 3) — Real-time interactive world model. 24fps, 720p. Project Genie launched publicly Jan 29, 2026 to Google AI Ultra subscribers. DeepMind: "A stepping stone toward AGI."
Decart (Magica/Mirage) — First AI-native UGC game engine. Type "change to cyberpunk city" mid-gameplay and the world transforms. Upload any image — a child's drawing, concept art — and it becomes a playable environment.
Runway (GWM-1) — Video generation company launched its first world model Dec 2025. Autoregressive, real-time, controllable. Enables interactive worlds from the company behind Gen-3.
NVIDIA ACE — AI-powered NPCs shipping in real games. PUBG Ally launching early 2026. Inworld AI achieving 200ms response times — AI characters that feel present, not scripted.
Roblox — 85M daily active users, 150M monthly. Paid creators $740M in 2024. Launched CUBE 3D (1.8B parameter model) for AI-generated 3D objects. 40M+ user-created games.