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Market InsightsJUL 317 min read

3DEO's $80M Flameout: What the Metal AM Service Bureau's Collapse Says About Real Economics

3DEO raised $80M and now sells its Intelligent Layering IP for $3.4M. The metal AM service bureau's collapse signals a structural shakeout in production economics.

Market InsightsJUL 275 min read

India Joins the 3D-Printed Rocket Race: Skyroot's Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit

Skyroot Aerospace reached orbit on July 18 with Vikram-1, powered by India's first fully 3D-printed engine.

Market InsightsJUL 247 min read

Beehive Industries' $70M Ohio Bet: How 3D-Printed Jet Engines Are Entering Full-Rate Production

Beehive Industries' $70M Ohio expansion and 50-printer EOS fleet target 8,000+ 3D-printed Frenzy jet engines per year - but flight qualification remains the open.

Market InsightsJUL 217 min read

Velo3D's Forge 1: A SPAC Survivor Opens One of North America's Largest Metal AM Production Campuses

Velo3D's Forge 1 campus opens as a 289,000 sq ft bet that defense demand for qualified metal AM production justifies a SPAC survivor's service-led pivot.

Market InsightsJUL 186 min read

SWISSto12's $70M Series C: How 3D-Printed RF Components Built a $140M Satellite Business

SWISSto12 closes $70M Series C on $140M revenue and $500M in contracted orders, validating additive manufacturing as a prime-contractor enabler for GEO satellites.

Market InsightsJUL 137 min read

Venus Aerospace's $91M Bet on a Rocket Engine That Only 3D Printing Can Build

Venus Aerospace's $91M Series B funds production of a 3D-printed rotating detonation rocket engine that cannot be built conventionally.

Market InsightsJUL 108 min read

Snapmaker's $140M Series C: Consumer 3D Printing's Capital Arms Race Reaches New Heights

Snapmaker's $140M Series C is the largest consumer AM round since 2025, but Bambu Lab's dominant market share means capital alone cannot close the ecosystem gap.

Market InsightsJUL 77 min read

Framatome's €25M Nuclear AM Centre: WAAM and LPBF Go Critical for Reactor Parts

Framatome's €25M nuclear AM centre in France produces reactor parts up to 25 tons via WAAM, cutting lead times 50% versus forging - but full regulatory acceptance.

Market InsightsJUL 46 min read

Nikon SLM and Bosch Print Complete V8 Engine Block as Single LPBF Part

Nikon SLM and Bosch printed a complete V8 engine block as a single LPBF part on the NXG XII 600.

Market InsightsJUL 16 min read

Beehive's $50M EOS Order: Defense Metal AM Moves from Prototype to Serial Production

Beehive Industries' $50M order for 30 EOS M4 ONYX printers - the largest single EOS deal - backs serial production of the Frenzy 8 drone engine under a $29.7M USAF.

Market InsightsJUN 256 min read

Two Chinese AM Companies File for ~$500M in Combined IPOs Within 24 Hours

Two Chinese AM companies filed for a combined ~$500M in IPOs within 24 hours. Beijing Yuding AM targets large-format metal for aerospace and nuclear; Sanlu.

Market InsightsJUN 197 min read

Divergent's Monolith One: 12 Lasers, 70 Machines, and the Defense AM Production Threshold

Divergent's 12-laser Monolith One and 70-unit factory signal defense AM's production threshold, but the 8x throughput claim awaits independent validation at volume.

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