Top 3D Printing Startups in 2026

Fictiv is a Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem that rapidly delivers custom parts on-demand, to help companies accelerate new product introduction. From early-stage companies to large enterprises, thousands of companies use Fictiv to innovate with agility, de-risk their supply chains, and get products to market faster. Fictiv works with companies like Tesla, Honeywell, and NASA to build the next rockets, self-driving cars, and live-saving robots. We're transforming how teams design, develop, and deliver the next generation of hardware products. For more information about Fictiv or to learn about hardware manufacturing best practices, visit fictiv.com

Freeform is deploying software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing the scalability of software to physical production. Our proprietary technology stack leverages advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-driven learning to produce digitally-verified, flawless parts at unprecedented speed and cost. Our mission is to make the transformative power of 3D printing available to all industries at scale and unlock the future of innovation.

We’re a passionate team of engineers, designers, and problem-solvers. Started out of MIT in 2011, Formlabs now employs over 250 people across offices in Germany, Japan, and China. We're committed to bringing powerful and accessible fabrication tools into the creative hands of professionals around the world. With the Form 2 SLA 3D printer, Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer, Form Cell manufacturing solution, and Pinshape marketplace of 3D designs, Formlabs is establishing the industry benchmark in professional 3D printing for professionals from a variety of industries. We also develop high-performance materials in-house, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software like PreForm and Dashboard. We believe in what we do, and we’re excited about creating powerful tools that change the way we work and live.

Carbon is reinventing how products are designed, engineered, made & delivered. Carbon’s Digital Manufacturing platform enables repeatable production of end-use parts with industrial grade materials and exceptional surface finish. Whether you’re making one or a million. Making the impossible possible. Carbon is a 3D printing (late stage, series E) startup in Redwood City, Ca. that creates the software, hardware and materials to enable production of groundbreaking parts — parts that can't be made any other way. The best example is Carbon's partnership with Adidas. Adidas had been interested in 3D printing shoes for years but could not find a technology that was good enough. With Carbon, Adidas finally could design and produce a lattice-based midsole that not only performs well but opens the door for a future of personalized shoes, and they're heading toward making millions of them.

Divergent provides a disruptive new approach to auto manufacturing that incorporates 3D printed joints, which we call a NODE™, connecting carbon fiber structural materials that results in an industrial strength chassis that can be assembled in a matter of minutes.

Markforged transforms manufacturing with the most affordable 3D metal and carbon fiber printers capable of producing parts tough enough for the factory floor. Engineers, designers, and manufacturing professionals all over the world rely on Markforged metal and composite printers for tooling, fixtures, functional prototyping, and high-value end-use production. Founded in 2013 and based in Watertown, MA, Markforged has about 300 employees globally, with $137 million in both strategic and venture capital. Markforged was recently recognized by Forbes in the Next Billion-Dollar Startups list and listed as the tenth fastest-growing tech company in the US in the 2018 Deloitte Fast 500. To learn more about Markforged, please visit markforged.com.

Threekit makes product visualization easy. Once your products are loaded into the system, we do the heavy lifting—rendering images on 3D Configurator, Virtual Photographer or Augmented Reality, deploying them to the right channels and keeping them accessible and organized on our content management system. Our unified platform approach enables businesses of any size to scale and automate beautiful product visuals across channels, both online and offline. Build it once, use it anywhere, and future-proof your investment for the next big thing.

Fabric8Labs' patented Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) process produces metal parts at the atomic level and eliminates the need for expensive metal powders, debinding and sintering furnaces, lasers or binders. Bring the cost of metal additive manufacturing within reach for a much broader market while meeting or exceeding the state of the art in print resolution, print speed, and print quality.

We build robotic arms. Custom-built robotic arms are already in use on the International Space Station and on planetary rovers. Our goal is to provide robotic arms that can be adapted for any space mission— from lunar surface missions to free-flying satellite missions. Robotic arms may be attached to lunar landers and rovers to enable a range of activities, including drilling, prospecting, instrument pointing, mobility, and cargo management. Made In Space Europe also provides robotic arms for orbital and free-flying missions, to support and enable activities such as satellite servicing and refueling, in-space manufacturing, debris capture, payload management, and more.

We build process management and automation software for some of the largest companies operating in additive manufacturing/3D printing, backed by data. Our connectivity to machines and modularity in performance sets us apart. Today, our tools are helping to make companies more knowledgeable and efficient at using additive manufacturing for production. Tomorrow, we'll enable them to start making parts remotely - the future of manufacturing is distributed.