a16z Podcast: The Next Phase of 3D Printing

a16z Podcast

• Episode: a16z Podcast: The Next Phase of 3D Printing
• Website: a16z Podcast
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• Duration: 00:27:07
• Published: 2014-11-19 01:50

In this wide-ranging discussion about the latest and next consumer and industrial applications for 3D printing, we examine (with Shapeway's Carine Carmy and a16z's Tom Rikert): how the software-driven ideal of product-market-fit may be achieved in physical products, too -- with rapid prototyping through 3D printing; how the ability to manufacture on-demand changes traditional notions of seasonality and inventory management in product cycles and development; and how the long tail of 3-D printing means being able to have a market of 1.