Glowforge

Glowforge is the creator of an award-winning 3D laser printer that cuts, engraves, and scores hundreds of materials so you can make magical things.

Glowforge's 3D laser printers is intended to offer printing services on a wide range of materials and many more.

Glowforge was founded in 2014 by Dan Shapiro and Mark Gosselin. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

 

Glowforge launched Magic Canvas, the first use of generative AI to create physical products. Magic Canvas uses subtractive technology to cut and engrave products from durable and beautiful materials like wood, leather, acrylic, paper, fabric – even chocolate.

 

Glowforge's Magic Canvas uses a latent diffusion neural network to take a simple description and turn it into hardwood jewelry, slate coasters, eye-popping desserts, and more. The company also offers a cloud-based app, which makes it easy to create magical things at the touch of a button.

 

Glowforge's customers include consumers, digital designers, crafters, engineers, teachers, artists, and more. Glowforge is used by more than 100,000 creators and can be found in more than 4,000 schools in the U.S.

 

Glowforge is backed by DFJ Growth, Foundry Group, True Ventures, Revolution Growth, Craft Stores, and others. The company raised an additional $20M in Series E round on May 17, 2023. This is an extension of its previous $43M in Jun 2022, to bring Series E total to $63M. The additional investment brings Glowforge's overall funding to $133.2M to date.

 

 

  • Year founded: 2014
  • Funding Info: $133.2M over 7 Rounds (Latest Funding Type: Series E)
  • Yearly Revenue: NA
  • Employee Size: 51-200
  • Business Valuation: NA
  • City/Town: Seattle
  • State: Washington
  • Country: United States
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