The Rise and Fall of a 3-D Printing Empire

Scritto il 27/02/2026
da Farah Stockman

Desktop Metal, a billion-dollar start-up, promised to revolutionize manufacturing. It went bankrupt, and now has much humbler ambitions as the 3-D printing industry takes a sober turn.Jonah Myerberg, co-founder and chief technology officer at Desktop Metal, with one of the company’s industrial 3-D metal printers. The Burlington, Mass., firm declared bankruptcy last year.