Formlabs acquires Micronics
Formlabs acquires Micronics
What this means for the future of the Fuse line remains unclear, though the companies confirmed with TechCrunch that the Micronics branding is going away.
I guess they're just going to end up being really good but heavily overpriced like the rest of the FormLabs products.
Founded in 2021, Micronics is the product of recent University of Wisconsin grads who threw themselves into the problem of democratizing access to industrial printing tech.
unless they go open source, to me this aquisition is a similar but worse situation than IBM and Redhat
Selling out this quick to a company obviously trying to reduce competition, feels like they weren't all that committed to the cause.
Every man has his price at which he'll abandon any cause. Running a business is hard -- It's a big gamble and full of costs and expenses, you have to warranty the crap you make, source parts, fight with vendors, the whole lot. It's a pain in the ass. But taking a big cash payout is easy.
I'll bet these guys had student loans. And I'll bet you they don't anymore.
Disappointing, was looking forward to affordable SLS. Formlabs is just snatching them up because they hate competition.
Great way to stifle competition and keep prices inflated. I'm sure Formlabs' investors are chuffed.
Watch the Strange Parts videos, I wouldn't be too confident about that
Definitely makes me nervous - not a huge FL fan. But I also see how they make sense as a team.