Freeform Raises $67M Series B to Scale AI-Driven Laser Metal Printing

Freeform Future Corp., a Los Angeles‑area startup founded in 2018 by former SpaceX engineers Erik Palitsch and Thomas Ronacher, closed a $67 million Series B reported on February 19, 2026 to industrialize its multi‑laser metal printing platform. CEO Erik Palitsch calls the platform “AI native.” The company says the round will fund an upgrade from its fielded GoldenEye machine, which uses 18 lasers, to a next generation Skyfall design that targets “hundreds of lasers” and production of “thousands of kilograms of metal parts each day.”

Investors named in the round include Apandion, AE Ventures, Founders Fund, Linse Capital, NVIDIA NVentures, Threshold Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures. Prior to this financing Freeform had raised about $60 million, bringing the company’s total capital to roughly $127 million. Freeform declined to disclose a post‑round valuation; PitchBook lists a $179 million figure that the company did not confirm.

Freeform’s technical pitch centers on on‑site, data‑center‑grade AI infrastructure and sensor feedback during printing. Coverage of the funding highlights deployment of NVIDIA H200 GPU clusters on the factory floor to run real‑time simulations and control loops. One writeup summed that “Freeform operates data center‑grade AI infrastructure inside manufacturing facility - a first for the sector.” Company presentations and reporting emphasize sensor arrays that monitor melt and solidification so the system can adapt during a build; as a shorthand description, “When a laser pass isn't quite right, the system adapts on the fly.”

The funding is explicitly earmarked to scale manufacturing capacity and push Freeform’s manufacturing‑as‑a‑service model into aerospace, defense, and other industrial sectors. Sources reporting on the round say the startup plans to expand facilities and may hire aggressively; one outlet reported plans to add up to 100 employees to execute a growing contract pipeline. Some coverage also notes the founders’ SpaceX background and, separately, a claim that Freeform’s technology “serves aerospace clients including SpaceX,” though the company has not independently confirmed named customer contracts in its public comment.

Freeform positions Skyfall as a throughput play: moving from an 18‑laser GoldenEye to a multi‑hundred‑laser floor system would materially change per‑part economics if the “thousands of kilograms per day” metric is met. Strategic alignment with NVIDIA via NVentures and access to H200 class GPUs are central to Freeform’s argument that active AI control and factory‑side simulation unlock scalable metal additive manufacturing.

The immediate next steps for Freeform will be upgrading GoldenEye hardware and proving Skyfall prototype throughput and quality at scale. If the company hits the stated targets, the combination of hundreds of lasers, on‑site H200 clusters, and the reported investor backing could reshape expectations for serial metal additive production in aerospace and defense.