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Glowforge Owner Mr. Brandon Western: Middle School STEM Teacher
August 7, 2019January 17, 2020 Glowforge Team

Glowforge Owner Mr. Brandon Western: Middle School STEM Teacher

We chatted with Brandon Western, a middle school STEM teacher at a K-8 school in Central Florida, to learn about how he’s using Glowforge in his classroom to teach his students how to design, create and be innovative. We can’t

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The Future of Making Is Up to Us
June 20, 2019June 21, 2019 Dan Shapiro

The Future of Making Is Up to Us

Tomorrow marks the kick off to National Week of Making (June 21-27, 2019). A week to celebrate a simple truth: each and every one of us has the ability to make wonderful things. For me and my colleagues here at

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June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 Dan Shapiro

Lasers for Canada: Glowforge is Officially Launching to our Northern Neighbors

I’m thrilled to announce we’re officially launching the Glowforge 3D Laser Printer in Canada! For the first time ever, Canadian creators can buy the Glowforge Pro, Plus, and Basic. And to celebrate, for the month of June only, we’ll offer

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Strong Opinions Loosely Held Might be the Worst Idea in Tech
May 1, 2019August 20, 2021 Michael Natkin

Strong Opinions Loosely Held Might be the Worst Idea in Tech

I misspent just about every night for 7 years at an old school pool hall in Milwaukee. This was an “action” room, where a regular lineup of shady characters was perched, ready to relieve you of any excess cash that

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October 1, 2015May 1, 2019 Dan Shapiro

Anatomy of a 5 Million Dollar Week

It’s been a wild ride in the last seven days – since we launched Glowforge at Makerfaire, we’ve had more than $5M in pre-orders.  To put that in perspective, the most-backed 3D printer in history (as best we can tell)

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September 27, 2015October 4, 2015 Dan Shapiro

We’re adding a warranty

One of our most common requests from customers is that they would like us to add a standard warranty. OK! We’re going to do it. While this isn’t the full legal warranty (coming soon, from our friendly neighborhood lawyer), this is

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September 24, 2015September 28, 2015 Dan Shapiro

We’ll release a GPL-licensed firmware for Glowforge

We’ve heard a ton of amazing feedback from our community in the 12 or so hours since Glowforge has launched, and one question stood out to us: what if you buy a Glowforge, and something happens to us? This came up

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September 24, 2015September 28, 2015 Bailey Nelson

Announcing Glowforge

Today we’re delighted to announce our first three products: Glowforge, Glowforge Air Filter, and Glowforge Pro. For $1,995 – half off our planned MSRP – you get all the amazing features we’ve been working on. A laser that can fabricate beautiful

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June 15, 2015July 28, 2020 Dan Shapiro

At Glowforge, We Pay For Diversity

Starting today, Glowforge will pay $5,000 for introductions that result in us hiring a woman, underrepresented minority, or person with a disability. We created the Glowforge 3D laser printer, a desktop laser that makes beautiful things at the push of

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June 8, 2015January 24, 2023 Dan Shapiro

You Shouldn’t Have to Ask: Open and Inclusive Insurance

We decided to publish our insurance coverage in public, where anyone could see it, to make our company more inclusive for everyone. Here are the plans we offer, and below is the story of how this happened. Glowforge Medical PPO

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