Aes Efficio, a software company co-founded by two University of Minnesota undergraduates, has quietly built a name for itself in the gaming world. That focus on lowering technical barriers shapes Aes Efficio’s next project, an AI development platform for user-generated content. While generative AI models like ChatGPT have become widely accessible, Abraham said they fall short when applied to specialized game development environments. “If you were to go to ChatGPT and ask ‘Build me a Roblox game,’ it wouldn’t work,” Abraham said. “To make even a simple Minecraft mod or Roblox game takes working with a good eight separate technologies,” Weimer said.