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Startups, Tariffs & AI: What's Really Shaping the Future of Additive Manufacturing?

Additive Snack · 22 Apr 2025 · 34m · Episode 7

What this episode covers

Arno Held, co-founder and managing partner of AM Ventures, discusses the additive manufacturing landscape with host Fabian Alefeld, highlighting the financial pressures, tariff impacts, and the transformative role of AI. Held explains that application-focused startups like Additive Drives and Conflux Technology are currently outperforming hardware-only ventures, while AI companies such as Euler 3D and Thousand Kelvin are accelerating material qualification and defect detection. He also details the severe refinancing challenges facing early-stage companies due to valuation drops and debt loads, noting a recent uptick in US startup activity despite broader industry turbulence.

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early-stage companies

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AM Ventures, Additive Drives, Conflux Technology, Euler 3D, Thousand Kelvin, EOS, Vector Flow

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