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Why Kyle Bass Is Betting on Divergent, and What It Says About the Future of Manufacturing
Kyle Bass has spent much of his career looking at big economic trends before everyone else does. The founder of Hayman Capital Management became famous for betting against the U.S….
Largest Funding Round to Date for AI-Powered 3D Image Generation: Meshy Closes Series B Worth Nearly $400M
Overall, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry has stayed impressively restrained in terms of trying to leverage any potential coattail hype from the AI boom. Perhaps the leading enterprises left standing…
After the Hype: Conflux’s Dan Woodford on What It Takes to Scale Aerospace AM
A decade ago, Conflux Technology was founded around a simple idea: heat exchangers might be one of the best applications for metal additive manufacturing (AM). At the time, much of…
Bambu Lab and Insta360 Invite Makers to Build Custom Camera Gear
Bambu Lab is expanding the role of MakerWorld, its community platform for 3D printable models. The company has partnered with camera maker Insta360 to launch the Luna Ultra Design Challenge,…
R3 Printing Bets on American-Made Industrial FFF 3D Printers
For years, co-founders Paul Sieradzki and Petra Wood ran a 3D printing service bureau in New York. As they worked day to day with the printers, they experienced firsthand the…
Lithoz Revenue Up 40% as Customers Scale Ceramic 3D Printing
Lithoz says that its materials revenue has risen 40% year on year. This is a good sign pointing towards higher utilization and production volumes by its customers. Service bureaus and…
AMPulse Asia: China’s Consumer 3D Printing Boom Leads APAC Roundup
The first half of July brought continued investment into Asia’s additive manufacturing sector, with major funding rounds, manufacturing expansion, and new metal 3D printing systems leading the news. Elsewhere, companies…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 22, 2026: Delisting, Wind Turbine Blades, & More
We’re covering business and energy news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Würth Additive Group has closed its doors, and BigRep delisted from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. RA Wind received…
Forty-Five Years After Alvin Toffler Coined “Prosumer,” Could AI and 3D Printing Make It a Reality?
Every major technology wave comes with big predictions about how it will change the world. Today, many of those predictions center on artificial intelligence (AI). Futurists like Ray Kurzweil and…
Who’s Asking the Questions? A Look at Additive Manufacturing’s Financial Analysts
Every earnings season, executives at publicly traded additive manufacturing (AM) companies face questions from Wall Street. While the companies change strategies, launch new products, or enter new markets, many of…
Printing Money Episode 40: 3DP/AM Deal Analysis and More with Matthias Schmidt-Lehr, AMPOWER
Welcome to Printing Money Episode 40. Matthias Schmidt-Lehr (AMPOWER, Executive Partner) joins Danny for this episode and we are very thankful to have him back. In Episode 40, Danny and…
How the World’s Most Advanced Tech Companies Are Using 3D Printing
3D printing has been around for decades. For most of that time, it was a prototyping tool. Engineers used it to check if a design looked right before spending money…
The New Dental Lab: “Three Technicians Can Handle a Hundred Arches,” Says Digital Dentistry Expert Josh Jakson
Josh Jakson’s path into digital dentistry started long before he had a job title. He grew up around it. His father, a Polish immigrant, started the family’s dental laboratory in…
Additive Manufacturing at a Crossroads
Additive manufacturing is at a crossroads. Simultaneously, we find ourselves between certain very different modalities, applications, and industries. Rather than being able to explore them all, companies will now have…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 16, 2026: Russell Indexes, Car Customization, & More
We’ve got a lot to cover in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, from business and additive manufacturing (AM) in Europe to automotive 3D printing, and generative design. Read on for…
SWISSto12 Closes $70 Million Series C Round
Swiss satellite manufacturer SWISSto12 has closed a $70 million Series C round. This follows $84.8 million that the company received from ESA and ESA member states, and previous rounds that…
IperionX Raises $50 Million to Expand U.S. Titanium Production
IperionX has raised about $50 million through a public offering to speed up the commercial rollout of its U.S. titanium manufacturing business. The company sold 2.275 million shares at $21.98…
Beehive Industries Buys Two Nikon NXGs
For a long time, Beehive Industries was very mysterious. The secretive firm was burning a lot of cash working on something super secret with a tribe of very experienced Additive…
After 17 Years at 3D Systems, Katie Weimer Is Betting on Regenerative Breast Tissue
After spending 17 years helping build healthcare applications at 3D Systems and its predecessor Medical Modeling, Katie Weimer wasn’t planning to launch a startup. But when a regenerative breast tissue…
Why Elegoo Chose Emoji® to Introduce More People to 3D Printing
When Elegoo unveiled the world’s first officially licensed emoji®-themed 3D printer, it wasn’t just launching another version of an existing machine. The company was testing a much bigger idea by…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 11, 2026: Fundraiser, Strategic Guide, Dentures, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with relief efforts for the earthquakes that hit Venezuela last month. Then we’ll move on to a new white paper from…
The SLS Market, Game of Trucks: Part 2
With the release of the new HP 1200 and the Formlabs X1, we can see real competition from very different segments. From several million dollars to just $20,000, the laser…
UAS Additive Strategies Shows How Fast Drone Manufacturing Is Changing
The recent UAS Additive Strategies online event, hosted by 3DPrint.com and Additive Manufacturing Research (AM Research), brought together leaders from across the additive manufacturing (AM) and drone industries to discuss…
EBM Contract Manufacturer Zenith Tecnica Acquired by Ownership Group
New Zealand-based Zenith Tecnica has been acquired by a new ownership group. The firm was an early Electron Beam Melting (EBM) pioneer and has played an outsized role in the…
