404-GEN subnet 17
404-GEN focuses on decentralized 3D content generation. The official website frames the project around making 3D worlds, games, and AR/VR/XR assets easier to create from prompts, while on-chain identity describes a subnet-level competition. For readers, the core story is a creative AI subnet where miners compete to produce useful 3D generation outputs.
About 404-GEN subnet 17
404-GEN is a text-to-3D generation subnet for competitive creation of 3D assets.
3D asset creation remains slow and specialized; creators need faster AI-assisted workflows that can improve through open competition.
Game developers, 3D artists, AR/VR builders, generative AI researchers, miners, and validators.
Team and ownership
Ben James is founder/CEO of Atlas and 404-GEN; broader team details exist on company profiles but were not expanded beyond founder-level scope.
- Ben James, Founder and CEO, Atlas and 404-GEN: Background spanning architecture, business, and 3D generative AI for gaming and virtual worlds.
Public partnerships
- Unity: 404-GEN announced a Unity Asset Store integration for generating 3D models from its Bittensor subnet; because this was 2025 coverage, current availability should be checked against the Unity listing or project channels.
Key pages:
learn about Bittensor,
Bittensor glossary,
Bittensor FAQ,
Bittensor subnet screener,
portfolio tracker,
subnet baskets,
Neuralteq validator,
and fees.