# Backflip AI

> Generative AI platform that turns text and images into 3D-printable models.

## Why it is interesting

Backflip’s founders scaled Markforged to a public listing; the new company targets the design bottleneck between ideas and physical parts using foundation models trained on millions of 3D geometries.

## Profile

- **Stage:** series-a
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** ai-ml
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## Key facts

- Series A (Dec 2024): $30M co-led by a16z and NEA for AI 3D design platform (Businesswire)
- Founders previously built Markforged (industrial 3D printing)
- Source: https://www.backflip.ai/blog/2024-12-19-announcing-backflip

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-a16z-hot-portfolio-companies

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