About this episode
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. Blender’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 Valuation08:10 – How the Community Saved Blender15:11 – Blender’s Vision for 2030: Real-Time Physics & Immersive Creation22:05 – How Blender Empowers Artists to Earn, Create & Succeed27:55 – Is Blender Supporting The AI Revolution?34:03 – AI Inside Blender: Local, Private, and Artist-Owned42:45 – Blender’s Roadmap EXPOSED: How Features Really Get Picked50:29 – Inside Blender HQ: A Tiny Team & Ton’s Plan to Step Down59:29 – Blender Beyond Film: Cars, Architecture, Aerospace & More01:06:25 – Ton's Unfiltered Take on HollywoodIf 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 - https://open.spotify.com/show/12jUe4lIJgxE4yst7rrfmW?si=ab98994cf57541cfApple Podcasts (Scroll down to review)- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-decisions-podcast/id1677462934Find out more about Blender:https://www.instagram.com/blender.official/https://www.youtube.com/@UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg https://x.com/BlenderSpotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/113reBz1jA6rVxbXl55mlj?si=xQymWh36RSeHGN3kqbyHegJoin our discord server where we connect and share assets:https://discord.gg/zwycgqezfD Bad Decisions Audio Podcast ??:Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasthttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badxstudioIf you wanna see us to do cool things follow us here too:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/badxstudio/Twitter: https://twitter.com/badxstudioTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@badxstudio LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/badxstudioOur personal handles: (if you wanna stalk us)https://www.instagram.com/farhad_baddecisions/https://www.instagram.com/faraz_baddecisions/https://www.instagram.com/farhad_sh/https://www.instagram.com/farazshababs/https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhadshababi/https://www.linkedin.com/in/farazshababi/#CEO #blender3d #blender #3dartist #podcast #badxstudio #BadDecisionsStud
