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Skyfall

by FreeformUS

ProtoStage 2 of 5

Next-generation platform; the company targeted going live in the first half of 2026.

Updated 19 Feb 2026Checked 25 Sep0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · Skyfall goes live
  1. GoldenEye 18-laser system in productionDoneComplete.
  2. Skyfall goes liveTarget 2026Current milestone.

Most important updates

  • 19 Feb 2026

Upcoming

  1. 2026Skyfall goes live (next)

Current obstacles

  • Approving AI-made partsBuyers are used to fixed recipes; parts made with settings that change on the fly are harder to certify.

Physics limits

  • Smoke and spatter from many lasers collideEvery melt pool throws off fumes and metal droplets that a gas stream must sweep away. With hundreds of beams, one laser's plume can block or distort another's beam.
  • Recoating doesn't speed up with more lasersEach layer needs a fresh coat of powder spread across the bed, which takes the same time however many lasers there are. As lasers multiply, recoating becomes the bottleneck.
  • 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.

How it works

4 parts
Looking through the window of a laser metal printer at parts growing in the powder bed; Skyfall scales the same process up to hundreds of lasers
Looking through the window of a laser metal printer at parts growing in the powder bed; Skyfall scales the same process up to hundreds of lasersPhoto: René Volfík · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens commons.wikimedia.org)
Today

GoldenEye: 18 lasers

Freeform's current GoldenEye printers use 18 lasers to fuse metal powder and deliver hundreds of parts a week.

Skyfall

Hundreds of lasers

Skyfall is designed around hundreds of lasers working at once, aiming at thousands of kilograms of metal parts per day.

Control

AI closes the loop

High-speed cameras watch the melt, and models on GPUs and FPGAs adjust the lasers within microseconds to keep each layer consistent.

Business

Sells parts, not printers

Freeform runs its own machines and sells parts, keeping all process data to train its models.

Spec sheet

SpecSkyfall
Lasers (GoldenEye)18R (reported)
Lasers (Skyfall)Hundreds (design)R (reported)

R reported by the company

Update log

1 update

Thu 19 Feb

  • Major: PressFunding

About Freeform

The team behind Skyfall

Freeform

AI-controlled multi-laser metal printing factory

Freeform, founded in 2018 by ex-SpaceX engineers Erik Palitsch and Thomas Ronacher, runs an AI-controlled metal 3D printing factory near Los Angeles. AI on its own GPUs adjusts many lasers in real time.

  • Sells printed metal parts, not printers, running its own factory as a service.
  • Moving from its 18-laser GoldenEye to Skyfall, designed for hundreds of lasers and thousands of kilos of parts a day.
  • Raised $67M in Feb 2026. Backed by NVIDIA's NVentures and Founders Fund.

freeform.co (opens freeform.co)Company profile →

Founded
20188 yrs
Headquarters
United States
Status
Private
Valuation
private
Raised
$67M1 round
Last round
Series B · $67M19 Feb 2026
Works in
ManufacturingMetal 3D printingAI
Coverage
1 program · 2 updateslatest 19 Feb 2026checked 25 Sep
Investors
NVIDIA (NVentures)Founders Fund
People
Erik PalitschCo-founder & CEOThomas RonacherCo-founder
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