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Alex and Jordan profile Creality, the Shenzhen company whose cheap, hackable Ender-3 put 3D printers on millions of desks. They trace the line from the 2014 CR-3 to high-speed K series machines, a nozzle-changing printer called KliTek, a filament recycler, an e-commerce platform, and the signals that Creality wants to go public.

A record-shattering funding round for Hadrian lands with a curious lack of confirmation, Hyundai and Kia open a dedicated additive manufacturing center after 30 years of quiet practice, and Prusa refreshes its whole lineup for free. Plus: a QIDI Plus5 review worth reading, Bambu Lab's mysterious R1 laser teaser, and a 13-year-old in Utah who spent his summer printing a wheelchair for a toddler.

Alex and Jordan profile UltiMaker, the company stitched together from two desktop 3D printing pioneers that's now betting on factories, defense, and an open materials ecosystem. From open-source roots and the MakerBot merger to the Factor line and the Bambu Lab squeeze, this is a look at whether a desktop legend can survive by going upmarket.

Walter Reed becomes the first hospital cleared by the FDA to print its own titanium implants, and Alex and Jordan dig into what it actually takes to turn a medical center into a manufacturer. Plus: Renishaw goes after supports in metal printing, $9 million against the defense qualification wall, a carbon-fiber trick for your desktop prints, and a Florida 3D-printed house that has the New York Post rolling its eyes.

Alex and Jordan profile Materialise, the Belgian veteran that decided decades ago that the money in 3D printing wasn't in printers. From Magics and Build Processors to custom PEEK skull implants, they trace how a 1990 founding turned into a dual software-and-medical business, and ask whether a margin-first strategy can survive flat revenue.

3DEO, Fusion3, and BigRep all wind down in the same week that Walter Reed lands the first FDA clearance for a hospital-printed cranial implant. Alex and Jordan sort the survivors from the science projects, plus HP's mysterious high-temp printer, Prusa's nozzlegate, Sovol's seven-toolhead IDEX, and ChatGPT trying its hand at CAD.

Alex and Jordan profile 3D Systems, one of the oldest names in additive manufacturing, as it recasts itself around defense, healthcare, and dental production. From Figure 4 hearing aids to hypersonic metal parts and a Saudi joint venture, the hosts weigh a genuine strategic shift against lawsuits, revenue whiplash, and a leadership picture that's harder to see than it should be.

Velo3D opens a massive metal AM campus in Livermore while defense money floods into additive — but does a big building mean big production? Plus: aerospace giants gang up on the F135 engine, the Navy prints metal at sea, Polymaker's HT-PLA Pro talks a big game, and Apple hinge rumors get the hype treatment.

Alex and Jordan profile Prusa Research: from RepRap roots and the beloved i3 MK2 to enclosed CoreXY machines, the INDX toolchanger, and a licensing pivot that has the maker community arguing. Can the company that built its brand on openness survive a commoditized market by becoming more closed?

Three companies exit additive manufacturing in a single week, and Alex and Jordan dig into what the shakeout actually means for anyone who prints. Plus: the Navy's at-sea printing exercise, BMW's refreshingly boring scaling blueprint, Prusa's INDX toolchanger, a free Blender tool for resin supports, and whether 'vibe coding' your CAD is a real thing or just a vibe.