# Jason Ballard

> Jason Ballard is the co-founder and CEO of ICON, an Austin-based construction technology company that uses large-scale 3D printing, robotics, and advanced materials to build homes faster and more affordably. A biology graduate and former sustainable-building entrepreneur, Ballard printed the first permitted 3D-printed home in the United States in 2018 and has since pushed ICON toward delivering entire communities of printed homes while developing an off-world construction system for NASA to build on the Moon and Mars.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at ICON
- **Organizations:** ICON, TreeHouse
- **From:** Southeast Texas, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Biology / Ecology, Texas A&M University, Master's studies in Space Resources, Colorado School of Mines
- **Known for:** Co-founded ICON and delivered the first permitted 3D-printed home in the United States (2018), Led ICON to build the largest 3D-printed housing community in the US at Wolf Ranch near Austin, Won NASA-funded contracts to develop an off-world construction system (Project Olympus) for the Moon and Mars

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Co-founded TreeHouse, a sustainable home-improvement retailer, opening its first store in Austin
- **2017** — Co-founded ICON in Austin with Alex Le Roux and Evan Loomis
- **2018** — ICON produced the first permitted 3D-printed home in the United States
- **2020** — ICON awarded Air Force / NASA-funded contract to develop off-world construction (Project Olympus)
- **2021** — Named to the TIME100 Next list; ICON raised over $200 million in Series B funding
- **2023** — Began construction of Wolf Ranch, a 100-home 3D-printed community with Lennar and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
- **2024** — Launched Initiative 99, a global competition to design homes buildable for under $99,000
- **2025** — ICON closed a Series C round, bringing total funding into the hundreds of millions

## Achievements

- Co-founded ICON and delivered the first permitted 3D-printed home in the United States (2018)
- Led ICON to build the largest 3D-printed housing community in the US at Wolf Ranch near Austin
- Won NASA-funded contracts to develop an off-world construction system (Project Olympus) for the Moon and Mars
- Named to the TIME100 Next list in 2021
- Grew ICON into a company recognized by Fast Company among the world's most innovative companies
- Raised hundreds of millions in venture funding to scale construction-scale 3D printing

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — ICON closed a Series C funding round to continue scaling its 3D-printing operations.
- **2024-05** — Launched Initiative 99, a global architecture competition with a $1 million prize fund to design homes buildable for under $99,000.
- **2023-06** — Advanced construction of Wolf Ranch, the largest 3D-printed housing community in the US, with Lennar and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.

## Links

- Website: https://iconbuild.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-2932a816/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/JasonDBallard
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOVMBfbk9KA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasondballard/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/icon3dtech

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Last updated: 2026-07-16