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Market InsightsMAY 166 min read

Anduril's $5B Series H and the Defense-AM Capital Wave: From Experiment to Factory

Three contracts, one budget, and $5.1B in private capital landed in the same week. The Pentagon is no longer experimenting with AM - it is building factories.

Market InsightsMAY 138 min read

Creality's HKEX Hearing Reveals the Cost of Competing With Bambu Lab

Creality 3D's HKEX hearing reveals RMB 3.127B revenue and a RMB 182M loss as R&D doubled and marketing costs rose 9x to compete with Bambu Lab's software moat.

Market InsightsMAY 106 min read

Xometry Hits $205M Record Revenue, Lands $50M Siemens Investment for AI Manufacturing Integration

Xometry's $205M Q1 revenue and $50M Siemens investment embed AI-native manufacturing intelligence into Siemens Xcelerator, creating a design-to-source digital thread.

Market InsightsMAY 77 min read

From Code to Combustion: LEAP 71 and Sindan Close the Loop on AI-Designed Aerospace Engines

LEAP 71 and Sindan partner to industrialize AI-designed aerospace engines, combining Noyron's computational model with 40+ metal AM systems for serial production.

Market InsightsMAY 46 min read

3D Systems' EU MDR Class IIa Certification Opens European Denture Market

3D Systems' EU MDR Class IIa certification for its multi-material denture unlocks Europe's market, but lab conversion rates - not regulatory timing - will decide.

Market InsightsMAY 18 min read

Firestorm Labs' $82M Series B and the Race for Expeditionary AM

Firestorm Labs raised $82M for its containerized xCell platform that prints drones at the tactical edge.

Market InsightsAPR 287 min read

ELEGOO's $73M Series B+ Reveals the Software Arms Race in Consumer 3D Printing

ELEGOO raised $73M from Meituan and DJI - the largest round in consumer resin printing - and admitted hardware leadership alone cannot match Bambu Lab's software.

Market InsightsAPR 256 min read

$31M and Six Alloys: How Colibrium Additive Is Rewriting the Navy's Metal AM Qualification Playbook

A $31M NAVAIR contract delivers six certified metal alloy MPCs and four LPBF systems to Colibrium Additive, replacing part-by-part certification with a reusable.

Market InsightsAPR 247 min read

BLT's Titanium 3D Printed Hinge for OPPO Find N6: Consumer Electronics AM Hits Production Economics

BLT's second-gen titanium LPBF hinge for the OPPO Find N6 consolidates 13 parts into one, cuts surface variance to 0.05mm, and ships globally - proving metal AM.

Market InsightsAPR 235 min read

Bambu Lab's Four-Year X1 Cycle Resets Consumer 3D Printing Expectations

Bambu Lab ends X1 series production after four years, launching the $649 dual-nozzle X2D.

Market InsightsAPR 234 min read

CGBio's FDA Clearance Opens US Market for Korean Medical AM

CGBio's April 9, 2026 FDA 510(k) clearance for EASYMADE TI makes it the first Korean company to enter the US cranial implant market with LPBF titanium.

Market InsightsAPR 226 min read

Black Buffalo 3D Bankruptcy Reveals Certification's Limits in Construction AM Scaling

Black Buffalo 3D's Chapter 11 filing despite holding the first ICC-ES AC509 structural certification exposes the capital intensity required to scale construction AM.

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