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1000KELVIN

SoftwareBerlin, GermanyFounded 2021· One of 368 Software companies tracked by AMPulse

1000 Kelvin provides an AI-powered software co-pilot, AMAIZE, that optimizes the metal additive manufacturing process to prevent print failures, reduce material waste, and accelerate time-to-market for complex 3D printed parts.

CEO / Founder
Omar Fergani
Team Size
11-50
Stage
Active
Total Funding
$36.0M
Latest Round
Series A
Key Investors
Creative Destruction Lab, European Union

Technology & Products

Key Products

AMAIZE: An AI-powered software co-pilot that optimizes metal additive manufacturing by identifying and correcting print issues, integrating into existing engineering workflows like Autodesk Fusion.

Technological Advantage

The key advantage is a dramatic increase in efficiency and reliability for metal AM. By correcting print jobs before they start, the software saves significant engineering time, reduces material and machine costs, and accelerates the adoption of additive manufacturing for industrial production.

Differentiation

Value Proposition

To drastically reduce the time and cost of metal 3D printing by eliminating the trial-and-error process, ensuring parts are printed successfully the first time, thereby increasing manufacturing efficiency and sustainability.

How They Differentiate

1000 Kelvin differentiates itself by offering a fast, AI-driven corrective solution that integrates directly into existing engineering workflows (e.g., via Autodesk Fusion). Unlike traditional, complex simulation software that requires expert users, AMAIZE is designed as a co-pilot to be used by any AM engineer to quickly optimize a print job.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

Companies in the aerospace, medical, and industrial manufacturing sectors that utilize laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) for producing complex metal parts.

Industry Verticals

["Aerospace","Medical","Industrial Manufacturing"]

Competitors

Ansys; Monolith AI

Growth & Milestones

Growth Metrics

Information not publicly available.

Major Milestones

["Commercial launch of AMAIZE software.","Integration of AMAIZE with Autodesk Fusion, making it available on the Autodesk App Store.","Established key partnerships with EOS and SCANLAB to integrate AMAIZE with their hardware and systems.","Secured seed funding and grants to expand operations into North America."]

Notable Customers

FKM Sintertechnik GmbH; Chesco GmbH

https://1000kelvin.com

Why this company matters

1000 Kelvin addresses the trial-and-error bottleneck in metal additive manufacturing. Its AMAIZE software co-pilot uses physics-informed AI to predict thermal distortions and other print failures before a job starts, automatically adjusting scan strategies and process parameters. This turns what typically requires days of expert simulation into a correction cycle that takes minutes.

The software integrates directly into existing engineering workflows, including Autodesk Fusion via the Autodesk App Store. It is designed for any AM engineer, not just simulation specialists, and works with laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) systems from partners such as EOS and SCANLAB. Target customers include aerospace primes, medical OEMs, and industrial manufacturers producing complex metal parts from alloys like Inconel 718 and Ti-6Al-4V.

Named customers include FKM Sintertechnik GmbH and Chesco GmbH. The company has raised $36 million from investors including Creative Destruction Lab and the European Union, and has secured grants to expand into North America. CEO Omar Fergani holds a PhD in Computational Engineering from Georgia Tech and NTNU.

1000 Kelvin competes with traditional simulation tools from Ansys and Monolith AI, but differentiates on speed and ease of use. The key open question is whether its AI-driven approach can maintain accuracy across the wide variety of new alloys and complex geometries that industrial users demand, especially as metal AM scales beyond prototyping into serial production.