Formlabs Alumni, like the company and the 3D printers they create, are constantly building!
More than just a company, Formlabs has functioned as an unintentional startup incubator, cultivating a diverse, creative, and highly technical talent pool that is now fanning out across the tech landscape. A remarkable number of Formlabs alumni are leaving their mark by launching groundbreaking ventures across hardware, software, and specialized manufacturing.
This article takes a look at Formlabs Alumni, mapping out the innovative founders and the impressive companies they have established, proving that the greatest product Formlabs ever created might just be the creative people who came through its doors.
Credit to Formlabs Alumn Christian Reed for compiling this list
Here are the companies, and the Formlabs Alumni who founded them:
Eyebot’s mission is to make vision care accessible to everyone, equally, at the touch of a button.
Formlabs Alumni Founders:
Matthias Hofmann
Company Founded / Role: Eyebot Systems / Co-Founder & CEO
Formlabs Role: Team Lead
Jack Moldave
Company Founded / Role: Eyebot Systems / Co-Founder & CTO
Formlabs Role: Mechanical Design Engineer
Lumafield helps engineering teams work at the speed of light.
Formlabs Alumni Founders:
Eduardo Torrealba
Company Founded / Role: Lumafield / Co-Founder & CEO
Formlabs Role: Director of Engineering
Scott Johnston
Company Founded / Role: Lumafield, Co-Founder & Head of Hardware
Formlabs Role: Electrical Engineering Lead
Kevin Cedrone
Company Founded / Role: Lumafield / Co-Founder & Head of R&D
Formlabs Role: R&D Engineer
Jonathan Aharon
Company Founded / Role: Lumafield / Co-Founder & Head of Strategy & Finance
Fortmlabs Role: CFO
Litesport, formally Liteboxer, combines hit music, game dynamics, and expert training to create the world’s most immersive workouts.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Jeffrey Morin
Company Founded / Role: Litesport / Founder & CEO
Formlabs Role: Manufacturing Lead
Ray is Not another fitness app, its your new personal trainer.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Studio 3e8 delivers a fully integrated hardware, software, and materials ecosystem that enables part production at the speed of information.
Formlabs Alumni Founders:
Cassie Lowell
Company Founded / Role: studio 3e8 / Co-Founder & CPO
Formlabs Role: Materials R&D
Casey Johnson
Company Founded / Role: studio 3e8 / Co-Founder & CEO
Formlabs Role: Print Process Engineer Intern
Atolla is on a mission to change the mass skincare model. (acquired by Function of Beauty)
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Meghan Maupin
Company Founded / Role: Atolla / CEO
Current Role: CEO at OurX
Formlabs Role: Senior Designer
Bad-ass van upgrades and accessories for off-grid living and adventures.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Aaron Sidliker
Company Founded / Role: RoamRig / Founder & CEO
Formlabs Role: Research and Development Mechanical Engineer
Opulo helps people manufacture their products. The LumenPnP is a desktop Pick and Place machine used for assembling electronic components onto circuit boards.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Stephen Hawes
Company Founded / Role: Opulo / Founder & CEO
Formlabs Role: Electrical Engineer
Stealth
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Luke Winston-Almanzar
Company Founded / Role: Stealth Startup / Co-Founder
Formlabs Role: Chief Business Officer
We are a product design studio focused on creating moments of tranquility. Our first product is the Oasis Mini.
Formlabs Alumni Founders:
Junior Veloso
Company Founded / Role: Grounded Labs / Co-Founder
Formlabs Role: SLA Print Process Lead
Zachary Frew
Company Founded / Role: Grounded Labs / Co-Founder
Formlabs Role: R&D Engineering
XCharge is a high-power EV charging solutions provider.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Aatish Patel
Company Founded / Role: XCHARGE / Co-Founder, President, COO
Formlabs Role: Global Sourcing
ONNYX turns fragmented factory testing into a shared source of truth.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Colton Black
Company Founded / Role: ONNYX Systems / Co-Founder & CEO
Formlabs Role: Systems Integration Engineer
PeKe Labs builds hardware products that untether you from invasive devices and helps unlock your full technological potential.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
We build Bitcoin-centric tools that empower you to reclaim your freedom, including Passport hardware wallet and Envoy mobile app.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Jacob Johnston
Company Founded / Role: Foundation / Co-Founder & VP of Operations
Formlabs Role: Sales Ops Analyst
Our team is building Geni to be a playful tool for curiosity-driven learning. We are reinventing what search and knowledge discovery could mean for early childhood.
Formlabs Alumni Founders:
Marcelo Coelho
Company Founded / Role: Geni Computers / Co-Founder
Formlabs Role: Head of Design
Kevin Tang
Company Founded / Role: Geni Computers / Co-Founder & CEO
Formlabs Role: Industrial Designer
Picking up where the golden age of analog synthesizer design left off, Superlative is building electronic instruments for the next generation of musicians.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Ben Stamas
Company Founded / Role: Superlative / Founder & Principle Designer
Formlabs Role: Electrical Engineer
Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Peter Russo
Company Founded / Role: Ayo / Founder
Formlabs Role: Electrical & Optical Systems Engineer
Improving quality of care with vitals-based monitoring and AI predictions
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
The Space Construction Company. We are working on a 3D Printing technology to be used in orbit and on the Moon.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Robert Ihnatisin
Company Founded / Role: Orbital Matter / Co-Founder & CTO
Formlabs Role: Research And Development Engineer
Unlocking the shift from intergrated electronics to integrated photonics, enabling ultrahigh tele/datacom bandwidth, photonic computing power, and cutting edge quantum computing.
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Larissa Little
Company Founded / Role: Epitactic / Founder & CEO
Formlabs Role: Materials Scientist
Takton is building fast, affordable technology for manufacturers
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
Daniel Scott Mitchell
Company Founded / Role: Takton / Founder & CTO
Formlabs Role: Mechanical Design Engineer
Adaptive technical carry systems that unify high performance and everyday. Bags to move with. Built for change.
Formlabs Alumni Founders:
Gideon Balloch
Company Founded / Role: Cubo / Co-Founder & Owner
Formlabs Role:Product – Fuse & Sift SLS 3D Printing Platform
Jory Block
Company Founded / Role: Cubo / Co-Founder
Current Role: Director of Content at Grounded Labs
Formlabs Role: Senior Marketing Project Manager – Creative
REEKON Tools is leading the next wave of power and measurement tool innovation by integrating modern advances in technologies, materials and processes with traditional fabrication tools in order to deliver order of magnitude improvements to professionals in regards to speed, functionality, safety, and/or workflows.
Formlabs Alumni Founders:
Konstantinos Oikonomopoulos
Company Founded / Role: REEKON Tools / CTO & Co-Founder
Formlabs Role: Technical Lead – Form 3L
Christian Reed
Company Founded / Role: REEKON Tools / CEO & Co-Founder
Formlabs Role: 3D Printed Testing Swab Manufacturing Lead
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Formlabs Alumni Founder:
David Preiss
Company Founded / Role: Variable Machines / Founder
Formlabs Role: Mechanical Engineer
