# James DeMuth

> James DeMuth is the co-founder and CEO of Seurat Technologies, a Wilmington, Massachusetts metal additive manufacturing company chasing a single audacious goal: printing metal parts fast and cheap enough to compete with mass production, then planting factories next to the customers who need them. He co-invented Seurat's Area Printing technology while working on laser fusion research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, holds a hand in roughly 145 patents, and has raised more than $181 million to reshore manufacturing and cut carbon out of how metal gets made.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Seurat Technologies
- **Organizations:** Seurat Technologies, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (former), Stanford University (alumnus), Santa Clara University (alumnus)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University, M.S., Mechanical Engineering (Energy Systems & High-Temperature Gas Dynamics), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-inventor of Seurat's Area Printing additive manufacturing technology, Named on roughly 145 patents (granted and pending), Published around 13 academic papers in additive manufacturing and power generation

## Career timeline

- **pre-2015** — Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory working on the Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) project; co-invented the core Area Printing technology
- **2015** — Co-founded Seurat Technologies, serving as Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
- **2020** — Became Co-Founder and CEO of Seurat Technologies
- **2023** — Led Seurat's $99M Series C round co-led by Nvidia's NVentures and Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund; deployed first-generation Alpha printer in a pilot factory

## Achievements

- Co-inventor of Seurat's Area Printing additive manufacturing technology
- Named on roughly 145 patents (granted and pending)
- Published around 13 academic papers in additive manufacturing and power generation
- Raised more than $181 million in total funding for Seurat (including a $99M Series C)
- Attracted strategic investors including Nvidia (NVentures), Honda, General Motors Ventures, Porsche, Denso, True Ventures and Xerox Ventures
- Built a pilot factory capable of printing roughly 25 metric tons of metal per year
- Signed a long-term production partnership with Siemens Energy

## Latest updates

- **2023-10** — Seurat raised $99M in Series C funding co-led by Nvidia's NVentures and Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund; DeMuth hinted to Reuters that an IPO could be on the horizon.

## Links

- Website: https://seurat.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdemuth/

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Last updated: 2026-06-12