Milestones
- Blade concept car revealed2015Complete.
- Czinger 21C revealed using DAPS2020Complete.
- First defense contracts (General Atomics)2022Complete.
- Monolith One printer and Long Beach factory announced17 Jun 2026Complete.
- Expand LA operations and add defense programsNowCurrent milestone.
- Oklahoma factory groundbreakingTarget 2026Not yet reached.
Most important updates
- 17d ago
- 17 Jun 2026
- 13 Aug 2025
- 24 Apr 2025
- 2022
Upcoming
- 2026Oklahoma factory groundbreaking (next)
Current obstacles
- Printer speedPrinters are too slow for high volumes; more lasers and bigger machines are needed.
- Defense approvalsEach new part must pass customer approval, which can take longer than designing and making it.
Physics limits
- Each laser melts only a tiny spotA laser melt pool is a fraction of a millimetre wide, so one laser builds only tens of cubic centimetres of metal per hour. Speed comes from adding lasers, which adds heat and fumes to manage.
- Fast cooling locks stress into printed metalEach tiny melt pool cools at up to a million degrees per second. The metal shrinks unevenly and traps stress that warps parts and can crack them, so parts need heat treatment and careful layouts.
- Glued joints are sensitive to heat and timeDAPS frames join printed nodes and tubes with structural adhesive. Adhesives soften at high temperature and slowly creep and age, which limits where bonded frames can be used.
How it works
Design
Software draws the frame
Engineers set loads and limits; software designs the frame and splits it into printable joints and standard tubes.
Print
Metal printing
Multi-laser printers melt metal powder layer by layer into the complex joints.
Assemble
Robot cell
Robots place the parts, measure them and glue them, replacing the jigs and welding of a normal body shop.
Papers & demos
- 2021demoCzinger 21C hypercarA road car whose frame is mostly built with DAPS, showing production quality.
- 2015demoBlade supercar with printed aluminium nodesFirst car frame made of printed metal joints linking carbon tubes.
Update log
Wed 23 Sep
- Minor: PressPartnership
Wed 17 Jun
- Major: PressManufacturing
Wed 13 Aug 2025
- Minor: PressPartnership
Thu 24 Apr 2025
- Major: PressTest
2022
- Minor: PressCommercial
Feb 2020
- Minor: PressHardware
About Divergent Technologies
Divergent Technologies
Printed metal car and aircraft structures, robot assembly
Divergent designs car and aircraft frames with software, 3D prints the metal joints and has robots glue everything together, with no custom tooling. Founded in 2014 by Kevin Czinger in Los Angeles, it builds for Aston Martin, McLaren and defense companies.
- Raised $290M in September 2025 at a $2.3B valuation, led by Rochefort Asset Management.
- Defense is now the main growth driver: General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon. An Oklahoma factory is planned.
- Revenue reportedly grew about fivefold in the year before the raise.
- Founded
- 201412 yrs
- Headquarters
- United States
- Status
- Private
- Valuation
- $2.3BprivateSep 2025
- Raised
- $290M1 round
- Last round
- Series E · $290M15 Sep 2025$2.3B post
- Works in
- ManufacturingMetal 3D printingVehiclesAviation
- Coverage
- 1 program · 8 updateslatest 17d agochecked 25 Sep
- Lead investors
- Rochefort Asset Management
- Customers
- Czinger Vehicles (opens czinger.com)Aston Martin (opens astonmartin.com)McLaren Automotive (opens cars.mclaren.com)General Atomics (opens ga.com)Lockheed Martin (opens lockheedmartin.com)
- Investors
- Rochefort Asset Management
- People
- Kevin CzingerFounder & CEOLukas CzingerCo-founder