# Natan Linder

> Natan Linder is the cofounder and CEO of Tulip Interfaces, the no-code frontline operations platform that reached a $1.3B valuation with its $120M Series D in January 2026. An MIT Media Lab PhD out of Pattie Maes' Fluid Interfaces Group, he also cofounded and chairs Formlabs, the desktop 3D-printing company behind the Form 1 Kickstarter. He wrote the book Augmented Lean and hosts the Augmented Ops podcast, arguing that software should give frontline workers superpowers rather than automate them away.

- **Role:** Cofounder & CEO at Tulip Interfaces
- **Organizations:** Tulip Interfaces, Formlabs, MIT Media Lab, Samsung Electronics, Sun Microsystems, Rethink Robotics
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** PhD, Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab (Fluid Interfaces Group), S.M. in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab, Tech entrepreneurship (scholarship), Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya
- **Known for:** Cofounded two notable companies: Formlabs (desktop 3D printing) and Tulip Interfaces (frontline operations), Led Tulip to unicorn status with a $120M Series D at a $1.3B valuation in January 2026, Named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer

## Career timeline

- **~1990s** — Started his first company at age 17
- **post-high school** — Served in Israeli Air Force Intelligence in operational and technical roles
- **early career** — Worked as an embedded engineer at Sun Microsystems
- **pre-2008** — Cofounder and general manager of Samsung Electronics' R&D center in Israel
- **2008** — Arrived at MIT Media Lab, joining Pattie Maes' Fluid Interfaces Group
- **2011** — Cofounded Formlabs with MIT peers Maxim Lobovsky and David Cranor
- **2012** — Formlabs' Form 1 desktop 3D printer launches via a record-breaking Kickstarter
- **2014** — Cofounded Tulip Interfaces with Rony Kubat and Professor Pattie Maes
- **2022** — Published Augmented Lean (Wiley) with Trond Arne Undheim
- **2026** — Tulip closes $120M Series D at a $1.3B valuation with Mitsubishi Electric investment

## Achievements

- Cofounded two notable companies: Formlabs (desktop 3D printing) and Tulip Interfaces (frontline operations)
- Led Tulip to unicorn status with a $120M Series D at a $1.3B valuation in January 2026
- Named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
- Honored by Goldman Sachs for entrepreneurship
- Author of Augmented Lean: A Human-Centric Framework for Managing Frontline Operations (Wiley, 2022)
- Earned a PhD from MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Tulip closed a $120M Series D at a $1.3B valuation, reaching unicorn status, with a strategic investment from Mitsubishi Electric and an expanded Israeli footprint.
- **2025-01** — Represented Tulip on manufacturing for the intelligent age at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://tulip.co
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/linder
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/tulipinterfaces
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z4HrIWRQe8
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tulipinterfaces/

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Last updated: 2026-06-03