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 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "cite_as": "Nozzle4, https://nozzle4.com/data/",
 "note": "Compiled by Nozzle4 from the sources linked on each row. The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.",
 "slug": "prusa-research",
 "name": "Prusa Research",
 "status": "private",
 "status_label": "Private",
 "segment": "Desktop and professional printers",
 "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/prusa-research/",
 "listing": null,
 "headquarters": "Prague, Czech Republic",
 "founded": 2012,
 "ownership": "Private, majority-owned by founder Josef Průša and co-owner Ondřej Průša",
 "technologies": [
  "Desktop FDM",
  "SLA"
 ],
 "description": "Prague maker of the Original Prusa desktop FDM printers, plus filament and resin printers, founded by Josef Průša. It has moved away from fully open-source designs since 2023.",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-06",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "2012",
   "title": "Founded by Josef Průša",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prusa_Research"
  },
  {
   "date": "2020",
   "title": "Revenue of 2.18 billion koruna",
   "detail": "Net income was 270.5 million koruna.",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prusa_Research"
  },
  {
   "date": "May 2022",
   "title": "Buys US reseller Print Solid",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/16/prusa-buys-3d-printer-seller-print-solid-to-expand-us-footprint/"
  },
  {
   "date": "2023",
   "title": "Starts pulling back from fully open-source designs",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prusa_Research"
  },
  {
   "date": "Nov 2024",
   "title": "Announces the CORE One at Formnext",
   "detail": "An enclosed CoreXY printer with active chamber temperature control, from 1,199 dollars before VAT, shipping from January 2025.",
   "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/prusa-core-one-technical-specifications-and-pricing-234570/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Aug 2025",
   "title": "Josef Průša declares open-hardware desktop printing dead",
   "detail": "He blamed Chinese state support for the sector and a wave of Chinese patents on small variations of community designs.",
   "source": "https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/josef-prusa-warns-open-hardware-3d-printing-is-dead/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Sep 2026",
   "title": "Sells the HT Hotend at 199.99 dollars and a CORE One L+ built around it",
   "detail": "The hotend reaches 400 °C at the nozzle, fits the CORE One and CORE One L families, and swaps without tools. The pre-assembled CORE One L+ with the same hotend and filtration is 2,169 dollars.",
   "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/prusa-research-launches-two-high-temperature-products/"
  }
 ]
}