three.ws Named OpenAI Select Partner: Bringing Native 3D Into ChatGPT
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
three.ws, the open-source 3D AI agent platform on Solana, remains one of the more active builders in the agent + on-chain identity space. While many projects slow after launch, the team’s public GitHub and X activity show continued daily shipping. Recent X highlights On September 11, @trythreews highlighted progress around the Solana Seeker experience: users can search three.ws in the Seeker dApp Store, and anything created on the device stays synced with the web product under the same wallet. The team also publicly invited Solana co-founder @toly to a potential GitHub Community livestream, noting they are already approved for an Open Source Friday-style session. Community conversation continues to reference earlier ecosystem signals, including Metaplex’s Agent Registry integration and ongoing work on x402 payments, agent wallets, and embodied 3D avatars. GitHub activity (nirholas/three.ws) The repository remains highly active, with 11,000+ commits on main and recent work focused on real product polish rather than pure marketing: Selfie-to-avatar reliability fixes (stopping hung scans, better failure handling) x402 payment endpoint improvements, with Solana prioritized in the 402 response flow Expanded i18n support (Catalan, Welsh, Amharic and more; language switcher growing past 60 languages) Seeker launch support and related marketing/proof posts Ongoing IBM / Agent Connect packaging and co-marketing materials Infrastructure and CORS fixes so assets and agents load more reliably across surfaces The project continues to position itself as the “3D AI agent layer of the internet”: browser-native agents with LLM brains, on-chain identity (Metaplex Core / Solana + multi-chain options), self-custodied wallets, and micropayments via x402. Why it matters Most AI tokens still sell narrative. three.ws keeps publishing working surfaces — Forge, avatar pipeline, agent wallets, payment settlement, mobile/Seeker paths — and leaves the code public under Apache-2.0. That combination of shipping velocity and open infrastructure is relatively rare in the current Solana AI agent wave. $THREE remains the single protocol token (contract unchanged). As always: this is not financial advice. DYOR, verify the contract, and follow the public changelog and GitHub for the source of truth. Links • Site: https://three.ws • X: @trythreews • GitHub: https://github.com/nirholas/three.ws • Changelog: https://three.ws/changelog Based on public X posts and GitHub activity as of September 11, 2026.