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Metal 3D printing company Fabric8Labs raises $19M

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The San Diego-based startup specializes in metal 3D printing. Desktop Metal going public in SPAC-led deal that could value 3D printer company at $2.5B. The company plans to bring the technology to market, but notes that goals of hitting a general market will be a multiyear process.

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Metal 3D printing company Markforged announces plans to go public via SPAC

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Big morning for Massachusetts tech companies planning to go public via SPAC. The metal 3D printing company intends to merge with ONE, a special purpose acquisition company created by Kevin Hartz, who will join its board. The deal, which could value the additive manufacturing company at around $2.1

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

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How Nvidia got here and where it’s going next sheds light on how the company has achieved that valuation, a story that owes a lot to the rising importance of specialty chips in business—and accelerating interest in the promise of generative AI. Efforts to stay in the $1T club Nvidia is driving forward on many fronts.

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AON3D closes $11.5M Series A, partners with Astrobotic to send 3D-printed parts to the moon

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3D printing has garnered a lot of hype, much of it for good reason: The technology has unlocked new kinds of object shapes and geometries, and it uses materials that tend to be much lighter weight than their traditionally manufactured counterparts. The company manufactures industrial 3D printers for thermoplastics.

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Mooji is 3D printing plant-based meat

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million seed planned to accelerate its 3D printing technology. Most of these companies specialize in plant-based meats that mimic ground beef or sausage. The company notes that 70% of the meat market revolves around whole cuts — a stark contrast to what other alternative meats offer. “If On the one hand, there’s 3D printing.

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Pantheon Design alleviates supply chain uncertainty with factory-grade 3D printing

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In the midst of the pandemic, Pantheon Design , a maker of industrial 3D printers from Vancouver, BC, suddenly found itself getting orders from factories in the Midwest, the center of heavy industries. Parts created by Pantheon’s 3d printer. The reason? “So their machines break down all the time.”

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Markforged acquires Digital Metal for $40M as 3D printing space continues to evolve

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Metal and carbon fiber company Markforged (best known for its Digital Forge platform) announced today that it acquired Digital Metal to further increase its lineup of machines that can produce metal parts. The company was previously owned by Swedish metal powder manufacturer Höganäs AB. million shares of Markforged common stock.

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