CSM was acquired by Google. Here is where its users land
Common Sense Machines, the company behind the Cube image-to-3D platform, was acquired by Alphabet in January 2026 and its site is no longer reachable. This page covers what is verifiable about the shutdown, what to do with your Cube assets, and which tool now fits each kind of Cube user, ours included but not only ours.
Facts on this page checked 2026-08-20. If something is out of date, tell us: support@2dto3d.app
What happened, with dates
- January 24, 2026: Alphabet's acquisition of Common Sense Machines closes. The roughly dozen-person team joins Google DeepMind. Terms undisclosed. Reported by The Information and 3D Printing Industry.
- As of August 20, 2026: csm.ai, www.csm.ai and 3d.csm.ai do not resolve. The website, the Cube app and its pricing pages are unreachable. We checked this directly on the date shown above.
- Unannounced: Google has said nothing public about Cube's future, its API, or stored user assets. Everything beyond the two points above is speculation, so you will not find any of it on this page.
If you have models stored with Cube
Files you downloaded are safe: a GLB, OBJ or FBX keeps working regardless of what happens to the tool that made it. You can open any of them in the free GLB viewer or OBJ viewer, and convert between formats with the free browser tools, no account needed. Assets that only lived on the platform, with no local copy, are the ones you may have lost access to, and only Google can answer for those.
Where each kind of Cube user lands
Cube did several jobs, and no single tool replaces all of them. The honest routing:
| You used Cube for | What fits now |
|---|---|
| Turning photos of real products into 3D models | 2dto3D. That is the whole product: one photo in, a realistic model out in about 5 minutes, with viewer, AR, embed, packshots and every export format included, $2 per model. |
| Text-to-3D or sketch-to-3D for game assets | Meshy or Tripo. Both are subscription studios built around prompt-driven generation, animation and engine bridges. See our Meshy comparison for the honest trade. |
| Exact digital replicas of specific physical objects | Photogrammetry, if you need measured geometry rather than a faithful reconstruction. See photo to 3D vs photogrammetry for when each wins. |
| An image-to-3D API in a product | 2dto3D's public API covers generate, poll, export and embed with per-model pricing and no monthly minimum. |
How 2dto3D compares to what Cube did
Overlap first: both take an image and return a textured 3D model, and both aimed at making that a single-step job rather than a 3D-artist workflow. The differences are the ones that decide whether we fit you. 2dto3D only works from photos of real objects; there is no prompt box and no sketch input. Models are scaled to the object's real-world size, so AR places a shoe as a shoe and not as furniture. And the output is aimed at being shown to customers: every model ships with an interactive viewer, AR that works on Android and on iOS in Safari, Chrome and Firefox, an embed snippet, free packshots and export to GLB, GLTF, FBX, OBJ, USDZ, STL and 3MF.
What we do not do: animation, rigging, stylized or invented assets, and scene generation. If those were your Cube workflows, the routing table above is the honest answer.
Common questions
What happened to CSM (Common Sense Machines)?
Alphabet, Google's parent company, acquired Common Sense Machines in a deal that closed on January 24, 2026, as reported by The Information and 3D Printing Industry. The team joined Google DeepMind. Terms were not disclosed, and Google has not announced plans for CSM's Cube product.
Is CSM shut down?
What we can verify: as of August 20, 2026, csm.ai and 3d.csm.ai do not resolve, so the website and the Cube web app are unreachable. Google has made no public announcement about the product's future either way. Unreachable and officially discontinued are not the same thing, so we state exactly what we checked and when.
Is 2dto3D a replacement for CSM's Cube?
For part of it. If you used Cube to turn images of real products into 3D models, 2dto3D does that job, built for realism, at $2 per model with no subscription. If you used Cube's text-to-3D or sketch-to-3D for game assets, that is not what we do, and a tool like Meshy or Tripo fits that workflow better.
Can I still use the 3D models I made with Cube?
Any file you downloaded is yours to keep using; a GLB does not stop working when its generator does. You can inspect them in our free browser GLB viewer or convert them with the free format tools, none of which need an account. Assets that only ever lived inside the platform are the ones at risk.
Does 2dto3D have a free tier like CSM did?
No. There is a free interactive demo of the whole app with a sample product, and the free browser tools are genuinely free, but generating a model of your own photo costs $2. The first one is refundable in full within 14 days if you do not like it.
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The only comparison that settles anything is your photo through the pipeline. Your first model is $2, refundable in full within 14 days if you do not like it, and there is no subscription to cancel afterwards.