Thingiverse Has Been BOUGHT By MyMiniFactory?!- Making Awesome 254

From Making Awesome - 3D Printing, Inventing, Making, Small Business by 3D Musketeers

March 2, 2026 · 2h 52m

About this episode

The episode discusses the acquisition of Thingiverse by MyMiniFactory and its implications for the 3D printing community.

Big news in the industry that @Myminifactory has acquired @thingiversewastaken from @Ultimaker and @Stratasys while also committing the platform to their Soul Crafted brand which means NO AI. The community has been pretty split on this one, so no better time to talk it out than live! We also saw Printed Solid raise their prices this past week and it is definitely something to discuss! Topics to cover: Why My Mini Factory would buy Thingiverse What their AMA revealed about their plans What we know about this acquisition when it comes to Thingiverse Watch me get ABUSED for charity! We are doing Heat in the Hot Seat this year for SMRRF2026 with the @SanjayMortimerFoundation . Rules, information, etc are all at this link: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/heatinthehotseat Want to check out the newest Prusa?? Use our affiliate link: https://b.link/CoreOneL-3DM Want edited versions of these shows? Check out @makingawesome for edited down shows and clips as well! A HUGE Thank you to the Filament Sponsor of these streams, @printedsolid ! Check them out: https://printedsolid.com Want to get some of the UK's fastest, and the first REAL Bamboo printer out there? Check out @construct3d…

People in this episode

Host: 3D Musketeers

Topics covered

acquisition
3D printing
community reaction
business strategy
charity event

Keywords

Thingiverse
MyMiniFactory
3D printing
acquisition
community
charity
Printed Solid

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MyMiniFactory, Thingiverse, Ultimaker, Stratasys, Sanjay Mortimer Foundation, 3D Musketeers

Products: Prusa

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