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Binder-jetting printer maker founded in 2015. Went public by SPAC in 2020, bought ExOne for 575 million dollars in 2021, was acquired by Nano Dimension in April 2025, filed for Chapter 11 in July 2025 and was bought out of bankruptcy by Arc.

Announced its merger with Trine Acquisition Corp in Aug 2020 at 2.5 billion dollars of equity value. The 3D printing SPAC scoreboard sets that against what came next.

Status

Acquired

Headquarters

Burlington, Massachusetts

Founded

2015

Ownership

Bought out of bankruptcy by Arc in 2025

Technologies

Metal and sand binder jetting

1. 2015
   Oct 2015

   Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts

   Ric Fulop was among its seven founders.

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2. 2020
   Dec 2020

   Lists on the NYSE through the Trine SPAC

   Completed the combination on 9 December 2020, funded by Trine’s 305 million dollar trust and a 275 million dollar private placement, and traded as DM from the next day.

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3. 2021
   Aug 2021

   Agrees to buy ExOne for 575 million dollars

   Offered 8.50 dollars in cash plus 17.00 dollars in stock for each ExOne share.

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4. Nov 2021

   Closes the ExOne deal

   The final value came to about 561.3 million dollars at Desktop Metal’s share price.

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5. 2023
   May 2023

   Agrees to merge with Stratasys

   An all-stock deal signed on 25 May 2023.

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6. Sep 2023

   Stratasys shareholders vote the merger down

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7. 2024
   Jul 2024

   Agrees to a Nano Dimension takeover

   All cash at 5.50 dollars a share, adjustable down toward 4.07.

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8. 2025
   Apr 2025

   Nano Dimension completes the acquisition

   Closed on 2 April 2025.

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9. Jul 2025

   Files for Chapter 11

   Its independent board filed on 28 July 2025, citing liabilities and liquidity needs.

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10. Sep 2025

    Arc buys Desktop Metal out of bankruptcy

    Longtime chief operating officer Thomas Nogueira became chief executive.

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11. 2025

    Arc completes 7 million dollar purchase of key Desktop Metal and ExOne assets

    Arc Impact Acquisition Corp, trading as Autonomous Resource Corporation, acquired key assets of Desktop Metal and ExOne out of bankruptcy for 7 million dollars, taking the business private.

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12. 2026
    Apr 2026

    ARC and Oak Ridge launch Exascale Foundry with seven production nodes

    Autonomous Resource Corporation and Oak Ridge National Laboratory form a public-private partnership deploying a network of seven autonomous manufacturing production nodes connected via ARCNet for AI-accelerated defense production.

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13. Apr 2026

    No new events reported since bankruptcy sale to Arc Impact

    No funding rounds, acquisitions, listings, insolvencies, financial results, factory openings or chief executive changes have been published for Desktop Metal after April 2026.

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Last checked 20 Oct 2026. Informational only, not investment advice. Timeline entries are compiled by hand from public sources and can lag real events. Figures come from company reports and news, not from us. Private companies rarely publish financials; where a figure is not disclosed we say so instead of estimating it. This page as JSON, free to use with a credit: open data.