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Mighty Buildings nabs $40M Series B to 3D print your next house

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Once upon a time, the idea of 3D-printed homes felt like a thing of the future. One of those companies, Oakland-based Mighty Buildings , just raised $40 million in Series B funding for its quest to create homes that it says are “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” using 3D printing, robotics and automation.

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Formula 1’s Fernando Alonso launches first e-bike at Miami Grand Prix

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Kimoa, the sustainable lifestyle brand created by two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso, is launching an electric bike during the Formula One Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2022. The Kimoa E-Bike is made-to-measure for each rider, due to its custom 3D-printed carbon fiber frame, which is built by Arevo, an additive manufacturing company.

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Space manufacturing startup Varda, incubated at Founders Fund, emerges with $9 million in funding

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Things like carbon nanotubes and fiber optic cables, organs and novel materials are all potential targets for a space manufacturing company, because they can conceivably justify the high cost of material transportation. “Nothing we will be doing will be 3D printing,” said Asparouhov.

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Real estate developer turned prefab home builder Veev closes on $400M in fresh funding

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It uses a digital fabrication process, such as 3D design files fed to cold-formed steel and Computer Numerical Control machines, to design and produce new homes. Earlier this month, we reported on 3D-printing homebuilder ICON raising $185 million in a Series D led by Tiger Global Management.

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Digital twins are primed to revolutionize the infrastructure industry

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For decades in the AEC industry, work has been performed on a project-by-project basis using computer-aided design (CAD) and more recently building information modeling (BIM) software to create specific 2D and 3D deliverables. We’ve seen an uptake in live digital twins in recent months,” says Martin Rapos, CEO of 3D BIM developer Akular. “In

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SAP aims for more digital and resilient supply chains

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Digital supply chains, therefore, are needed to be more agile, flexible, resilient, and sustainable. Every automation has to pay off,” says Rothe, and automating transport processes in the warehouse is currently not economical. While companies are aware they need to invest in Industry 4.0

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AI-powered building design platform BeamUP emerges from stealth with $15M

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Designing for sustainability adds even more complexity to the process, chiefly because it requires integrating “green” principles and complying with environmental laws and regulations. The slow uptake threatens to impede the industry’s progress toward desired goals, like improved sustainability.