The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Contour Crafting: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Contour Crafting is a Construction 3D printing technology company spun from USC research, developing robotic construction systems for automated building fabrication.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Technology
Origin
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Contour Crafting has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Doka Ventures1× joint
- 2Quikrete1× joint
Most recent
- Contour Crafting x Doka Ventures2017-06-09with Doka Venturesoperating
Contour Crafting on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Reynaldo Santana Presidentsecondary-verified
- Behrokh Khoshnevis Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Behrokh Khoshnevisno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Contour Crafting.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Contour Crafting in third-party press
Construction Technology for Moon and Mars Exploration - NASA (.gov)
Need Help Building a Moon Base? USC Viterbi Researchers Partner with NASA - USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Contour Crafting Will Develop Concrete 3D Printer for Disaster Relief, Thanks to DoD Contract - 3DPrint.com
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Contour Crafting has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Contour Crafting x Doka Ventures2017-06-09with Doka Venturesoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Doka Ventures1× joint
- 2Quikrete1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- development—operating
- Contour Crafting x Doka VentureswithDoka Venturesinvestment2017-06-09operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Contour Crafting’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipContour Crafting x Doka Ventures
2017-06-09Contour Crafting Corporation announced a partnership with and investment from Doka Ventures taking a 30 percent stake in CC Corp. The Austrian investment firm partnered to industrialize and bring construction-scale 3D printing technology to market.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Contour Crafting.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Contour Crafting from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Construction Technology for Moon and Mars Exploration - NASA (.gov)
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Need Help Building a Moon Base? USC Viterbi Researchers Partner with NASA - USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Contour Crafting Will Develop Concrete 3D Printer for Disaster Relief, Thanks to DoD Contract - 3DPrint.com
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This giant robot could help solve the housing crisis - Business Insider
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Contour Crafting’s 3D-Printing Tech Can Build Homes On-Site in Under 24 Hours - Futurism
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Robots Build Large Structures With Brick and Concrete - IEEE Spectrum
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From Earth to the Moon, Technology Makes Automatic House Construction Possible - neontommy.com
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The Contour Crafting robot prints a house in 24 hours - Australian Manufacturing
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The Robot That Can Print a Real House in 24 Hours - shareable-2025-production.mystagingwebsite.com
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Researchers Are Making A 3D Printer That Can Build A House In 24 Hours - Business Insider
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3-D printing an entire house in less than 20 hours – is this the future? - ZME Science
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"Contour Crafting" which uses a huge 3D printer to build a house in 20 hours - GIGAZINE
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/contour-crafting.md
- RSS feed: /companies/contour-crafting/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/978f2d71-90d3-404c-a7ff-2e890fec2076
- Revision history: /companies/contour-crafting/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Contour Crafting draws attention at the 32nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 20, 2026