Helping design and engineering professionals discover, evaluate and specify technologies and processes that shorten the design cycle and enable success.
Digital Engineering April 2026
In the latest issue of Digital Engineering, we take a look at the latest innovations in design for additive manufacturing, including the use of natural language inputs, social media cosplayers, and AI integration. The issue also includes a feature…
January Special Focus Issue: Design for Additive
In this Special Focus Issue of Digital Engineering, learn about the latest advancements in design for additive manufacturing, including new software tools, additive in automotive, custom medical devices, and more.
Freeform, a company in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven metal 3D printing founded by former SpaceX engineers, announces a major investment from NVIDIA's NVentures and AE Ventures.
As part of this investment, Freeform 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.
"At Freeform, we are pioneering a transformation in manufacturing, where machine learning and supercomputing converge to make the impossible possible," says Erik Palitsch, CEO and co-founder of Freeform. "Building on NVIDIA's technology allows us to push the boundaries of what metal 3D printing can achieve, giving us the power to produce high-quality, digitally verified parts at speeds that were unimaginable a few years ago."
By using NVIDIA's accelerated computing platform, Freeform is building an 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.
"Freeform is leading the way toward autonomous manufacturing using accelerated computing," says Mohamed "Sid" Siddeek, corporate vice president at NVIDIA and head of NVentures. "Their use of real-time AI-driven process controls and cutting-edge metrology systems sets a new standard for metal additive manufacturing."
Freeform's AI-powered platform learns continuously from each print, allowing it to predict and control outcomes in real time.
Freeform will use the new funding to expand its portfolio of printable materials for industries such as defense, aerospace, energy, semiconductors and automotive.
Freeform's 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.
"The industrial world has operated under the same constraints for far too long," adds Palitsch. "We're throwing out the old playbook. By combining AI, supercomputing, and advanced sensing, we're empowering industries to move from concept to mass production at record speed—and at a fraction of the cost."
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and…
Cut Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Hallucinations by 50%
Most teams hit the same wall with enterprise AI: LLMs that hallucinate, pipelines that don’t scale, and infrastructure that’s harder to design than the models themselves.
DE's editors contribute news and new product announcements to Digital Engineering. Press releases may be sent to them via [email protected].
Follow DE
Join over 90,000 engineering professionals who get fresh engineering news as soon as it is published.
About Us · Contact Us · Editorial Team · Advertising · Privacy Policy · Subscriber Services · © 2026 Digital Engineering 24/7 · Peerless Media