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Ton Roosendaal is the Founder of Blender, the world’s leading open-source 3D software. What started as an in-house tool at his animation studio has grown into a global movement, used by millions of artists, animators, and studios. @BlenderOfficial’s influence spans from indie creators to blockbuster productions, with tools that rival and often surpass industry giants.
In this episode, Ton talked about the origins of Blender, how open-source development reshaped the creative industry, and why collaboration between developers and artists is the future of 3D.
Episode 69 Timestamps:
00:00 – Blender’s Wild Origin Story: From Freeware to $10M Valuation
08:10 – How the Community Saved Blender
15:11 – Blender’s Vision for 2030: Real-Time Physics & Immersive Creation
22:05 – How Blender Empowers Artists to Earn, Create & Succeed
27:55 – Is Blender Supporting The AI Revolution?
34:03 – AI Inside Blender: Local, Private, and Artist-Owned
42:45 – Blender’s Roadmap EXPOSED: How Features Really Get Picked
50:29 – Inside Blender HQ: A Tiny Team & Ton’s Plan to Step Down
59:29 – Blender Beyond Film: Cars, Architecture, Aerospace & More
01:06:25 – Ton's Unfiltered Take on Hollywood
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Find out more about Blender:
instagram.com/blender.official
youtube.com/@UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg
https://x.com/Blender
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#CEO #blender3d #blender #3dartist #podcast #badxstudio #BadDecisionsStudio #BadDecisionsPodcast
Ton Roosendaal is the Founder of Blender, the world’s leading open-source 3D software. What started as an in-house tool at his animation studio has grown into a global movement, used by millions of artists, animators, and studios. @BlenderOfficial’s influence spans from indie creators to blockbuster productions, with tools that rival and often surpass industry giants.
In this episode, Ton talked about the origins of Blender, how open-source development reshaped the creative industry, and why collaboration between developers and artists is the future of 3D.
Episode 69 Timestamps:
00:00 – Blender’s Wild Origin Story: From Freeware to $10M Valuation
08:10 – How the Community Saved Blender
15:11 – Blender’s Vision for 2030: Real-Time Physics & Immersive Creation
22:05 – How Blender Empowers Artists to Earn, Create & Succeed
27:55 – Is Blender Supporting The AI Revolution?
34:03 – AI Inside Blender: Local, Private, and Artist-Owned
42:45 – Blender’s Roadmap EXPOSED: How Features Really Get Picked
50:29 – Inside Blender HQ: A Tiny Team & Ton’s Plan to Step Down
59:29 – Blender Beyond Film: Cars, Architecture, Aerospace & More
01:06:25 – Ton's Unfiltered Take on Hollywood
If this podcast is helping you, please take 2 minutes to rate our podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, It will help the Podcast reach and help more people!
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/12jUe4lIJgxE4yst7rrfmW?si=ab98994cf57541cf
Apple Podcasts (Scroll down to review)- podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-decisions-podcast/id1677462934
Find out more about Blender:
instagram.com/blender.official
youtube.com/@UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg
https://x.com/Blender
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/artist/113reBz1jA6rVxbXl55mlj?si=xQymWh36RSeHGN3kqbyHeg
Join our discord server where we connect and share assets:
discord.gg/zwycgqezfD
Bad Decisions Audio Podcast 🎙️:
Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcast
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badxstudio
If you wanna see us to do cool things follow us here too:
Instagram:instagram.com/badxstudio
Twitter: twitter.com/badxstudio
TikTok: tiktok.com/@badxstudio
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/badxstudio
Our personal handles: (if you wanna stalk us)
instagram.com/farhad_baddecisions
instagram.com/faraz_baddecisions
instagram.com/farhad_sh
instagram.com/farazshababs
linkedin.com/in/farhadshababi
linkedin.com/in/farazshababi
#CEO #blender3d #blender #3dartist #podcast #badxstudio #BadDecisionsStudio #BadDecisionsPodcast
