3D printing

6 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Tom Reichert · across every show →

Everything said about 3D printing, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 bullish
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Reichert: The core 3D printing workflow will evolve into 'rip, mod, fab'
“So I think in three D printing now, it's going to be like kind of rip, Mod fab, right? You know, like how do you scan in a design or take a design that's already there? How do you modify it? And then how do you fabricate it?”
Tom Reichert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:15 a16z Podcast | The Next Phase of 3D Printing
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
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Reichert: Co-located industrial clusters will emerge for short-run 3D printed products
“I'm starting to see signs that are going to be these kind of industrial clusters, kind of like a little kibbutz of companies doing these kind of artisanal products. And so you're going to have people in the same, under the same roof, you know, like these littl…”
Tom Reichert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:50 a16z Podcast | The Next Phase of 3D Printing
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Reichert: 3D printing creates stronger, lighter geometries impossible with traditional manufacturing
“Yeah, and I think one thing that's very unique about three D printing is that you can print the simplest objects to the most complex objects. It's all the same to the three D printing system. So you can print things that before could never have been manufactur…”
Tom Reichert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:23 a16z Podcast | The Next Phase of 3D Printing
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
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Reichert: Personalized manufacturing will move from hobbyists into mainstream products
“Ultimately this could become not just kind of a cottage industry, but it, it's the way I think mainstream products are going. I mean, you look at products that Nike offers where you can personalize all sorts of aspects of your shoe. It's not three printed per …”
Tom Reichert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:58 a16z Podcast | The Next Phase of 3D Printing
Jan 2, 2019 bearish
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Reichert: Long-term advances in on-demand 3D printing will disrupt FedEx and UPS
“Yeah, I think if you look at the long, long term, I actually would be short on FedEx and UPS. You know, like, rather than having to ship things around the world on airplanes, it wouldn't be great just to download the design and print it out, you know, right wh…”
Tom Reichert Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:49 a16z Podcast | The Next Phase of 3D Printing
Nov 12, 2025 bullish
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Krishna: Robotics, 3D printing, and material science will lower home construction costs
“And so there are other things that I think will improve as we think about like the future, like the cost of building a home has got to come down. Right. And I think things like robotics three D printing, you know, advancements in material science will help wit…”
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