Freeform Secures Investments from NVIDIA and AE Ventures to Bring AI to Metal 3D Printing

The company is building the world's first AI-native, autonomous metal 3D printing factory.

3D printing processing at work.
3D printing processing at work.
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Freeform today announced a major investment from NVIDIA's NVentures and AE Ventures that signals the dawn of a new era in advanced manufacturing, where artificial intelligence and hardware-accelerated computing converge to fundamentally redefine metal production for industries ranging from aerospace to automotive.

As part of this investment, Freeform, which was founded by former SpaceX engineers, will join NVIDIA Inception, a program that supports startups, and will leverage NVIDIA's accelerated computing platform to supercharge its existing AI-driven platform, which provides real-time predictive control over the complex physics of the metal 3D printing process. This approach unlocks new possibilities in metal additive manufacturing that were previously unattainable using traditional methods.

Freeform's AI-driven approach marks a pivotal moment for the metal manufacturing industry. By using NVIDIA's accelerated computing platform, Freeform is building the world's first AI-native, autonomous metal 3D printing factory. This system integrates advanced sensing, process control, and machine learning to adjust the manufacturing process in real-time, guaranteeing precision and scalability at an unprecedented level.

The company's deep-tech platform solves a critical pain point in the manufacturing world: the lack of intelligent process control in traditional 3D metal printing. Today's methods often result in inconsistent quality and long delays due to time-consuming testing and validation efforts that drive up costs unnecessarily. Freeform's AI-powered platform learns continuously from each print, allowing it to predict and control outcomes in real time, ensuring every part is delivered with precision, speed, and digital verification.

Freeform is primed to scale its impact across a multi-trillion-dollar manufacturing market. The company will use the new funding to expand its portfolio of printable materials as well as to ramp up production capabilities for industries where quality, speed, and cost are paramount: defense, aerospace, energy, semiconductors, and automotive. The company's autonomous printing technology is already being embraced by industry leaders like Boeing, which is planning on tapping into Freeform's capabilities to certify and scale metal parts for commercial aviation and defense in the future.

Freeform's proprietary technology stack is designed to bring the scalability of software to physical production. By integrating hardware-accelerated compute platforms with machine learning, the company has created a factory architecture that learns and adapts with every print. This is not just incremental progress—it's a revolution in how metal parts are designed, produced, and delivered at scale.

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