# Carbon

> Carbon supplies a digital manufacturing platform combining light-driven polymer 3D printers, resins, design software and production partners. Its customers use the system for finished consumer, dental, medical and industrial parts, including latticed footwear and bicycle saddles.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Sunnyvale, United States
- **Founders:** Joseph DeSimone (Co-founder; board member), Philip DeSimone (Co-founder; Office of the CEO), Steve Nelson (Launch CEO and co-founder), Edward Samulski (Advisor and co-founder), Alex Ermoshkin (Co-founder), Nikita Ermoshkin (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Carbon DLS, M2, M3 and M3 Max, L1, Smart Part Washer
- **Notable:** Public CLIP demonstration at TED2015., Commercial M1 printer offered in 2016., Acquired ParaMatters in August 2022.

## Products & services

- **Carbon DLS** — Light-driven polymer printing platform combining CLIP, programmable resins and software.
- **M2** — Connected production printer, also offered through the M2 ReFLEX pay-as-you-print pricing option.
- **M3 and M3 Max** — Next-generation DLS printers introduced in January 2022.
- **L1** — Large-format DLS printer for production applications.
- **Smart Part Washer** — Connected, resin-specific washing with traceable process controls.
- **Design Engine** — Cloud software for lattice generation and tuned part geometry.
- **ParaMatters technology** — Generative design and topology optimization added through acquisition.
- **Carbon materials** — Rigid, elastomeric and application-specific photopolymer resins; some use secondary thermal curing.
- **FP3D** — Flexible partial denture resin commercially announced in September 2025.
- **DB 4000** — Denture base resin launched in August 2026.
- **Carbon Production Network** — Design and manufacturing partners offering prototypes and production parts without requiring customers to install printers.

## Achievements

- Public CLIP demonstration at TED2015.
- Commercial M1 printer offered in 2016.
- Acquired ParaMatters in August 2022.
- Carbon reported nearly one million saddles produced with its technology by May 2026.
- Carbon announced a successful EPO appeal outcome concerning European Patent 3158400 in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Carbon announced that the EPO Board of Appeal upheld its foundational dual-cure patent claim and restored dependent claims.
- **2026-08** — Carbon launched DB 4000 denture base resin.
- **2026-05** — Carbon partnered with DDK for saddle printing and final assembly in Asia.
- **2026-02** — Carbon announced Jason Rolland as CTO.
- **2025-11** — Carbon announced $60 million in new funding and said it was approaching cash-flow-positive operations.
- **2025-09** — Commercial availability of FP3D flexible partial denture resin announced.

## Links

- Website: https://www.carbon3d.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/carbon/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Carbon
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JDc9dooc1xATvMdG7MMLQ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carbon/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/PrintCarbon/

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Last updated: 2026-10-01