The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Formlabs: 1 model, 3 deployments across 3 regions, $150.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
American 3D printing technology developer and manufacturer based in Somerville, Massachusetts. Founded in 2011 by three MIT Media Lab students, Formlabs develops professional desktop SLA and SLS 3D printers including the Form 4 and Fuse 1+ series. The company holds the leading Global market share in the professional price-class category, with 38% of total global hardware shipments in 2025.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries E post-money
Key facts
Focus
Technology
Founders
Total fundingsee investors →
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Revenue
Key products
Fundingsee investors →
Revenue
Financial stage
CEO
Revenue (2025)
Employees
Market share
Parts printed
Offices
Acquisitions
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Formlabs on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Formlabs's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Formlabs deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Maxim Lobovsky Co-founder & CEO, Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Dávid Lakatos Chief Product Officerreported, not verified
Founders (3)
- Maxim Lobovskycofounderno longer at company
- David Cranorcofounderno longer at company
- Natan Lindercofounderno longer at company
Former / Previously (2)
- David Cranor Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Natan Linder Co-founder & Chairmansecondary-verified
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Formlabs3 deployments
Recent coverage
Formlabs in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
Mentioned on (7)
Registry pages whose text names Formlabs.
Companies (1)
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (1)
People (4)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $150.0M
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Funding rounds (5)
Formlabs’s 5 disclosed rounds, $249M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series E2021-05-01
$150M(reported) · $2.0B post
- Series D2018-08-01
$15M(reported)
Investors: NEA (lead)
- Series C2018-04-01
$30M(reported)
Investors: Tyche Partners (lead), Shenzhen Capital Group (follow)
- Series B2016-08-01
$35M(reported)
Investors: Foundry Group (lead)
- Series A2013-10-01
$19M(reported)
Investors: DFJ Growth (lead), Pitango (follow), Innovation Endeavors (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Formlabs’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries E funding round
2021-08-01Series E raising $150000000
Funding roundSeries D funding round
2018-08-01Series D
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2018-04-15Series C
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2016-08-15Series B
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2013-10-24Series A
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Form 4 at Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Form 4 at New York, New York, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Form 4 at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Formlabs.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 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
Industry Insights: Formlabs launches a massive new SLS already being used at Tesla's Gigafactory
Formlabs Unveils Fuse X1: Industrial Large-Format SLS 3D Printing at a Fraction of the Cost
Formlabs unveiled the Fuse X1, bringing industrial large-format selective laser sintering 3D printing to a broader market at a fraction of traditional costs.
VoxelMatters Review: Formlabs’ Tough 2000 V2 resin shows how tough the Form 4 really is
Newly public Merlin taps ex-Formlabs brand leader as CMO
New Materials and Curing Unit at Formlabs
Formlabs CEO Max Lobovsky Receives AMUG Innovators Award for Advancing 3D Printing Industry
Formlabs’s Tough 1500 Resin Uplevels 3DP Injection Molding
Formlabs - Wikipedia
Wikipedia article on Formlabs covering company history, products, funding, and market position. Revenue 50M (2025), 750 employees, B valuation.
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
First Autonomous Robotic Scientist Hits Labs as Tetsuwan Scientific Secures $2.7M
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
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 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
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Formlabs draws attention at the 90th percentile but verifies reality at the 65th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +24.7, 78th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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: Oct 22, 2026