7 companies · 4 sourced backers · 45 milestones on record
This frontier covers 3D printing and additive manufacturing, turning digital designs into metal and polymer parts. Companies are trying to move beyond prototypes toward dependable production of finished parts, including complex industrial components, at commercial volumes or on demand.
Where the 7 companies stand today, from their profiles and 10-year milestones. Tap a phase to see who is there.
- ▸Scaling production to commercial volumes
- ▸Making production processes dependable and repeatable
- ▸Qualifying finished parts for demanding industries
- ▸Manufacturing complex metal components reliably
Publicly listed: 5 companies (owned by public shareholders).
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- 3D Systems
3D Systems' aim is for additive manufacturing to be used for full-scale production of end-use parts, not just prototypes, across demanding industries.
Everyone · publicly listed
- Fathom Digital Manufacturing
To make digital and additive manufacturing a practical way for customers to obtain finished parts on demand.
Everyone · publicly listed
- Freeform
Build a network of AI-native autonomous metal factories that sense, learn and predict, producing qualified parts at scale.
Some users · backed by Founders Fund, Threshold Ventures
- Seurat Technologies
To make metal additive manufacturing practical for large-scale production through its area-printing approach.
Some users · publicly listed
- Stratasys
To make polymer 3D printing a dependable part of industrial production.
Everyone · publicly listed
- Velo3D
To make complex metal parts manufacturable through dependable additive production.
Some users · publicly listed
- VulcanForms
To make metal additive manufacturing a dependable mass-production process.
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