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McGill University Startup TissueTinker Could Speed Up Cancer Drug Development with 3D Printing

TissueTinker is a McGill University startup that aims to accelerate cancer research. The team uses 3D printing to make tumor models from hydrogels. That approach may lead to alternatives for…

3D Printed Footwear Startup Koobz Lands $7.2M in Seed Round

California-based Koobz is focused on reshoring the U.S. footwear supply chain with advanced manufacturing processes, including 3D printing. The startup just announced that it has added $6 million to its…

Firing on All Cylinders: Ursa Major Discusses One of the Most Pivotal Quarters in Company History

It doesn’t make 3D printers, supply additive manufacturing (AM) feedstock, provide design software, or print parts upon request from the general marketplace. But none of this makes Ursa Major any…

XO Armor’s Custom 3D Printed Orthotics Will Cater to Military & Athletes

Several years ago, the Auburn University Biomechanical Engineering Laboratory (AUBE LAB) spawned XO Armor, which uses 3D printing to help college sports teams heal faster. XO Armor uses desktop Material Extrusion…

3D Printing News Briefs, May 17, 2025: Color-Changing Materials, Humanoid Robot, & More

We’re covering research innovations in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs! First, Penn Engineering developed 3D printed materials that change color under stress, and UC Berkeley researchers created an open source,…

3D Printing News Briefs, January 4, 2025: Metal 3D Printers, Puma’s New Creative Hub, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got business news to share about Benny Buller’s new company, and then two stories about metal 3D printer acquisitions. We’ll finish with Puma…

Freeform Secures $14M from NVIDIA and Others for AI-Powered 3D Printing

With expertise forged in space exploration, Freeform’s team of former SpaceX engineers is taking metal 3D printing into the AI era. By combining supercomputing with real-time process control, the founders…

$10M Contract Goes to SWISSto12 to 3D Print RF Equipment for Maritime Use

3D printing-focused antenna manufacturer SWISSto12 has received a $10 million contract for RF equipment to be used at sea for an unnamed OEM. The company exemplifies an application-focused firm that…

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3YOURMIND Co-Founders Reflect on 10 Years in AM Software

When 3YOURMIND co-founders Stephan Kühr and Aleksander Ciszek checked into a youth hostel in Eastern Europe in 2012, they didn’t expect that it would change the trajectory of their lives….

3D Printing News Briefs, June 15, 2024: 3D Printed Research & Lamps & Guns & More

In 3D Printing News Briefs today, we’ll start with some business and research news, then move on to a software tool. We’ve got a story about an accused terrorist and…

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Innovation Beyond Sight: Touch2See’s 3D Printed Device for Visually Impaired Sports Fans

In a world where every thrill of the game plays out before our eyes, Toulouse startup Touch2See steps forward as a pioneer of innovation, offering a tactile solution for the…

Israel’s Magnus Metal Raises $74M for its Digital Casting Process

Magnus Metal, an Israeli advanced manufacturing startup specializing in the production of machines that leverage a proprietary process incorporating both casting and additive manufacturing (AM) principles, has raised $74 million…

Gastronology Launches Industrial Production of 3D Printed Food for Dysphagia Patients

Food 3D printing has, in many ways, been an additive manufacturing (AM) segment looking for the right business case. While some applications are beautiful and others may or may not…

3D Printing News Briefs, April 6, 2024: Depowdering, Cybertruck Door Handles, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, ioTech’s digital manufacturing CLAD technology is opening up opportunities for microelectronics and additive manufacturing. Hexagon and Raytheon Technologies commercially released the Simufact Additive Process…

Monumental’s Bricklaying Robot Fits Through Doors, Automates Construction

Dutch startup Monumental has emerged from stealth with $25 million dollars in funding for its bricklaying robotic system. Whether or not its technology can be categorized as “additive construction” is debatable,…

MPW Signs First Customer for Metal 3D Printing Powder Production

The metal powder segment is one of the fastest evolving areas of the 3D printing industry, where we’re awaiting huge technological innovations to kickstart a revolution in the space. In…

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flō Aims to Revolutionize Lenses with 3D Printing and Storied CEO Jonathan Jaglom

Jonathan Jaglom, a high-profile executive in the 3D printing world, began his career at Objet and climbed the ranks through senior roles at Stratasys before eventually leading Makerbot. Tied to…

Swiss Startup Aims to Create Automated Factories with Multi-purpose 3D Printing Bots

SAEKI, a Switzerland-based startup, has announced its launch with a $2.3M seed funding round, focusing on a significant challenge in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry—the slow and costly…

Conflux Looks to Automation to Scale Heat Exchanger 3D Printing

As additive manufacturing (AM) becomes sufficiently industrialized for end part production at scale, the industry has entered a phase in which the technology is being applied to very specific applications…

LatticeRobot Launches a Home for Lattices, Metamaterials, and Textures

At the CDFAM computational design (+DfAM) symposium this week, a startup dedicated to lattice software, LatticeRobot, was launched. LatticeRobot is also the first Gradient Control Labs, an incubator that facilitates…

BASF Incubator Spins out Spare Parts 3D Printing Startup Replique

Digital inventory and spare parts startup Replique is spinning out of the incubator of chemical giant BASF. The company hopes to become a leader in offering on-demand spare parts on…

3D Printing News Briefs, June 15, 2023: Exoskeleton, Startup Award, & More

We’re starting things off today with a case study from Materialise about an exoskeleton featuring 3D printed parts. Moving on, IN-VISION has expanded its powerful HELIOS light engine with new…

Former Nike Execs Invest in 3D Printed Shoe Startup HILOS in $3M Round

Among the 3D printed footwear startups that has received the most recent attention is HILOS. The Portland, Oregon company first attracted attention for its approach to 3D printing potentially more…

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18 Lasers Power SpaceX Alums’ New Metal 3D Printing Tech

What 3DPrint.com has referred to as the Laser Wars is continuing apace. However, while we are now used to the same laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) manufacturers simply upping the…