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three.ws, the open-source platform for 3D AI agents, has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network. The designation, publicly announced in late July 2026, formalizes work that was already live: turning a plain-language prompt inside ChatGPT into an interactive, riggable, AR-ready 3D model — with no API key, no account, and no cost to the user.
What the partnership actually covers
Most “AI partnership” announcements stop at a logo. This one ships product surfaces:
3D Studio connector (MCP) — Free tools inside ChatGPT that generate textured 3D models, avatars, and rigged characters, then render them inline in an interactive viewer.
Custom GPT — A public three.ws 3D Studio GPT in the GPT Store for users whose plans do not support connectors.
One-tap AR — Generated models can be placed in the real world via Apple Quick Look (iOS) and Scene Viewer (Android).
Spatial MCP — An open (CC0) response shape so a live 3D scene can be returned as a first-class tool result, not just a file link.
The stack underneath — viewer, runtime, embeddable web component — remains open source.
Why it matters
Assistants have been strong at text and images for years and weak at three dimensions. Ask most models for a chair and you get a picture of a chair. You cannot orbit it, rig it, drop it into a game engine, or stand it on your desk. three.ws treats 3D as a native response type: generate → inspect → animate → place in AR, all inside the conversation.
Being named a Select Partner is not a badge for a footer. It is distribution into the surfaces where millions of people already work, while the underlying protocols stay open so other clients can adopt the same patterns.
Timeline
June 2026 — Free 3D Studio connector ships
July 14, 2026 — Accepted into the OpenAI Partner Network; organization verified
July 25, 2026 — Public Select Partner announcement
September 2026 — ChatGPT Plugin packaging submitted; team targeting release “this week”
The broader stack
OpenAI is one rail among several. three.ws also operates as an AWS Partner (Marketplace + entitlements work), IBM Business Partner (Granite / watsonx paths), and NVIDIA Inception member, while keeping Solana-native agent identity, wallets, and x402 micropayments at the core of the agent economy. $THREE remains the single protocol token (contract unchanged).
Bottom line
The OpenAI Select Partner status confirms what the public GitHub and changelog already showed: three.ws is building the 3D layer for assistants and shipping it where users already are. The free ChatGPT surfaces are live today. The next visible step is the ChatGPT Plugin.
Links
• Partnership page: https://three.ws/openai
• Changelog: https://three.ws/changelog
• GitHub: https://github.com/nirholas/three.ws
• X: @trythreews