Overview
Formlabs is a 3D printing company developing professional desktop SLA and SLS 3D printers, with over $250M in total funding. Its Form 3 and Form 4 printers are industry leaders in professional 3D printing.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeries E post-money
Key facts
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Revenue
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Revenue
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Data & sources
Web sources
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Models (1)
View all models →Safety record
No incidents on record for Formlabs.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Formlabs in third-party press
Large-Format SLS Printers - Trend Hunter
Industry Insights: Formlabs launches a massive new SLS already being used at Tesla's Gigafactory - A3 Association for Advancing Automation
VoxelMatters Review: Formlabs’ Tough 2000 V2 resin shows how tough the Form 4 really is - VoxelMatters
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series E2021-08-01
$150M(reported) · $2.0B post
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 19, 2026
unreviewed -> reverified
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Formlabs?
- Formlabs is a 3D printing company developing professional desktop SLA and SLS 3D printers, with over $250M in total funding. Its Form 3 and Form 4 printers are industry leaders in professional 3D printing.
- What does Formlabs make?
- Formlabs has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Form 4 (Formlabs builds physical robots).
- Is Formlabs publicly traded?
- Formlabs is not an independent public company; it has been acquired, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Who competes with Formlabs?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Formlabs building in the same form factors include DJI, Boston Dynamics, Robotphoenix, Lightwheel.
- How can I invest in Formlabs?
- Formlabs has no separately traded stock; it has been acquired.
- Where is Formlabs headquartered?
- Formlabs is headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA.
- Who owns Formlabs?
- Formlabs has been acquired and is no longer independently owned.
- Where does Formlabs operate robots?
- Formlabs is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Formlabs a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Formlabs ranks in roughly the top 28% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Formlabs founded?
- Formlabs was founded in 2011.
- Is Formlabs safe?
- Formlabs has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-16
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-16
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Formlabs.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Formlabs from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Large-Format SLS Printers - Trend Hunter
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Industry Insights: Formlabs launches a massive new SLS already being used at Tesla's Gigafactory - A3 Association for Advancing Automation
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VoxelMatters Review: Formlabs’ Tough 2000 V2 resin shows how tough the Form 4 really is - VoxelMatters
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Newly public Merlin taps ex-Formlabs brand leader as CMO - Stock Titan
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New Materials and Curing Unit at Formlabs - 3DPrint.com
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Formlabs CEO Max Lobovsky Receives AMUG Innovators Award for Advancing 3D Printing Industry - Design News
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Formlabs’s Tough 1500 Resin Uplevels 3DP Injection Molding - Design News
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Formlabs — Wikipedia
Formlabs is a 3D printing technology developer founded 2011 by MIT Media Lab graduates. Somerville MA. SLA and SLS 3D printers.
Formlabs Year in Review: 2024 Highlights
Formlabs 2024 highlights include Unilever and Serioplast reducing lead times by 70% with SLA printers and Rigid 10K Resin.
TIME's Best Inventions of 2024: Media Lab honorees - MIT Media Lab
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First Autonomous Robotic Scientist Hits Labs as Tetsuwan Scientific Secures $2.7M - SynBioBeta
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Exclusive: Formlabs acquires 3D printing startup Micronics mid-Kickstarter campaign - TechCrunch
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/formlabs.md
- RSS feed: /companies/formlabs/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/07ed76ac-2a35-45b9-b935-50b758a1cb4c
- Revision history: /companies/formlabs/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
Video
Inventor Shane Wighton has dazzled millions of YouTube viewers on @StuffMadeHere with projects like a basketball hoop that "won't let you miss" and a haircuttin
We launched a new, blazing-fast large-format SLA printer! Form 4L is ready to take on the biggest challenges with prints in less than 6 hours with its blazing s
Discover how SLS 3D printing with TPU 90A Powder (thermoplastic polyurethane) revolutionizes the production of flexible, high-durability parts for industrial an
Wait for end to see how it works! 👀 Like for a tutorial! Learn more about Flexible and Elastic Resin: https://bit.ly/3CtuDqs In this video, we 3D print a soft
Why give your robot hands when it can have tentacles instead? Meet Mr. O.C.K [Octopus Control Kinematics] the soft robotics octopus arm. Made by Formlabs intern
Fully Automated SLA Printing Workflow for Dental Aligner Models: Recently, Dimitar Hristakiev shared a timelapse showcasing their SLA automation in action. As
Look inside the production process for RightHand Robotics' ReFlex Hand with RightHand Labs and CLEAR design lab. Both companies discuss the advantages of short
Mechanical engineer John Amend co-founded Empire Robotics in Boston to give robots a better grip. Their Versaball picks up non-uniform objects using innovative
In this video, discover how these students are shifting away from traditional, expensive metal machining to rapid-prototype custom robotic arm parts using the F
Two weeks ago we taught a robot to run the new Formlabs Form 4 and its Form Wash station end-to-end. Here’s a POV at the whole workflow—pick, place, dip, repeat
Reality vs attention
Formlabs draws attention at the 92nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Broad public reach with 1.0M video views. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 61 months ago.
Signal flags
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: Jul 23, 2026