# Recent Policy Changes Affecting AM, Gen Z & New AM-Adopting Industries

- Show: [Additive Snack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack)
- Published: 2025-10-21
- Length: 50m
- Episode: 21
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-10-21-recent-policy-changes-affecting-am-gen-z-new-am-adopting-industries
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/c04cc4f3

## Summary

Matt Kremenetsky, an analyst for 3DPrint.com, discusses the evolution of additive manufacturing media, the impact of recent US policy shifts on workforce development, and the strategic R&D partnerships enabled by new tax incentives. He highlights emerging applications in defense, data centers, satellites, and power grids, emphasizing thermal management as a key benefit of additive technology. The conversation also explores Gen Z's work ethic, the threat of AI to entry-level jobs, and the importance of integrating additive manufacturing into broader advanced manufacturing ecosystems.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-10-21-recent-policy-changes-affecting-am-gen-z-new-am-adopting-industries#t=6) Introduction: Matt Kremenetsky and 3DPrint.com
- [2:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-10-21-recent-policy-changes-affecting-am-gen-z-new-am-adopting-industries#t=136) Matt's Journey into Additive Manufacturing Journalism
- [6:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-10-21-recent-policy-changes-affecting-am-gen-z-new-am-adopting-industries#t=369) Challenges and Opportunities in Additive Media
- [15:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-10-21-recent-policy-changes-affecting-am-gen-z-new-am-adopting-industries#t=909) Workforce Development and Policy in Additive
- [30:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-10-21-recent-policy-changes-affecting-am-gen-z-new-am-adopting-industries#t=1806) The Rise of Trade Careers in the US
- [35:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-10-21-recent-policy-changes-affecting-am-gen-z-new-am-adopting-industries#t=2116) Policies Supporting Manufacturing Investments
- [39:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-10-21-recent-policy-changes-affecting-am-gen-z-new-am-adopting-industries#t=2370) Strategic R&D Partnerships and Tax Implications
- [46:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2025-10-21-recent-policy-changes-affecting-am-gen-z-new-am-adopting-industries#t=2775) Future Applications of AM

## Topics

- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- 3DPrint.com (company)
- ASTM (other)
- DOD (other)
- 3DR Holdings (company)
- Additive Minds (company)
- Admin Group (company)
- TSCA (other)
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (other)
- Chips Act (other)
- Steefel North Atlantic AM Forward Small Business Fund (other)
- Goldman Sachs (company)
- Starlink (product)

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