Aqueduct (YC W23) — Create, edit, and share procedural material graphs
Aqueduct is a browser-based procedural material engine and editor. Think Substance Designer, with live-sync to Unreal, agents that can read and edit material graphs, and shareable links to those graphs.
Aqueduct is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2023 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Create, edit, and share procedural material graphs. The founder listed is Matthew Turnshek (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 24, 2023).
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Aqueduct is a browser-based procedural material engine and editor.
Think Substance Designer, with live-sync to Unreal, agents that can read and edit material graphs, and shareable links to those graphs.
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Aqueduct is a node-based procedural material engine. White-box, transparent, and editable, in your browser and in Unreal Engine.
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Matthew Turnshek
Founder
Matthew Turnshek is the founder and CEO of Aqueduct.
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