According to @borgetsebastien, The Sandbox 3.0 launched to build a leading global distribution ecosystem for digital culture and IP powered by Web3 and AI (source: @borgetsebastien on X, Dec 19, 2025). The platform reports 400,000+ creators and 8 million users, highlighting current ecosystem scale (source: @borgetsebastien on X, Dec 19, 2025). AI creation tools and vibe coding are available with Rosebud AI, expanding creator tooling within the ecosystem (source: @borgetsebastien on X, Dec 19, 2025). Mobile playtests are underway, indicating an active push into mobile gameplay access (source: @borgetsebastien on X, Dec 19, 2025). SANDchain, a Layer-2, is live on testnet, marking network infrastructure progress (source: @borgetsebastien on X, Dec 19, 2025). Corners launched a curation-as-creation product to support content discovery and creation (source: @borgetsebastien on X, Dec 19, 2025). The Sandbox DAO funded 38 grants across 20 countries, showing ongoing ecosystem funding activity (source: @borgetsebastien on X, Dec 19, 2025). SAND is described as the economic backbone connecting these initiatives, positioning the token at the center of the platform’s transactions and incentives (source: @borgetsebastien on X, Dec 19, 2025). Further details are referenced in The Sandbox blog post titled The Sandbox 2025 Retrospective (source: The Sandbox blog, The Sandbox 2025 Retrospective).