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Fictiv Releases 2018 State of Hardware Report

More than 1,000 stakeholders across 72 industries say outdated manufacturing standards and technologies constrain domestic production and delay time to market ‍ San Francisco, CA – June 5, 2018 – Fictiv today released their third annual State of Hardware Report. This year’s survey polled 1,136 developers and manufacturers spanning 72 industries to provide detailed data-driven […]

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Fictiv Expands with New Office in Portland, Oregon

Fictiv today announced the opening of its office in Portland, Oregon. The office will serve as a sales center, where Fictiv will hire and develop new sales talent to support the company’s growing business. The office marks the second office expansion in 6 months, following the opening of its China headquarters in Guangzhou, China. “As […]

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Fictiv Raises $15M Series B Funding to Radically Improve Manufacturing Access

Funding to accelerate virtual manufacturing platform’s global expansion and development of workflow optimization tools; investors include Accel Partners, Intel Capital, Bill Gates and FJ Labs ‍ Palm Desert, CA – May 8, 2018 – Fictiv today announced from the Intel Capital Global Summit that it closed a $15 million Series B led by Sinovation Ventures […]

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Fictiv and Formlabs Webinar: Bridging Production with 3D Printing and Urethane Casting

May 17 at 12:00 p.m. PST Learn how to utilize bridge production in a special webinar with Fictiv and Formlabs in honor of the upcoming Formlabs roadshow SF. Bridge production is faster than traditional manufacturing methods and is useful for products where the volumes are low or the design may need to change. 3D printing […]

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Introducing Online Order Tracking for Predictable Manufacturing Timelines

There’s nothing more anxiety-inducing than waiting on a critical part order and having zero visibility into its production status. When there’s a deadline to hit, manufacturing predictability is crucial. That’s why we’re excited to announce a significant improvement to online order tracking through the Fictiv platform, so engineers and procurement teams can track and manage […]

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Fictiv Secures $33M in Series C

At Fictiv, our vision has always been to enable product developers to build hardware at the speed of software. Today we’re excited to announce we’re accelerating and realizing this vision with a $33M investment by G2VP, Mitsui & Co., Intel Capital, Sinovation, Bill Gates, Accel, and Tandon Group. Like us, these partners share our vision […]

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December Hardware Roundup

Happy New Year, and welcome to the latest edition of Fictiv’s Hardware Roundup! Read on for stories on AI in factories, production heaven, tin can openers, electric wire manufacturing, and more. Want to share an interesting article, job posting, or event in Hardware Roundup? Submit your link here, and we’ll do our best to include […]

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Fictiv Achieves ISO Quality Management Certification

At Fictiv, we take quality management very seriously and have maintained strict quality standards since our founding in 2013. Today, we’re proud to announce that Fictiv is officially ISO 9001:2015 certified, in accordance with this set of internationally recognized quality management standards. Consistently Fast, Quality Manufacturing at Scale As we continue to help more and […]

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Product Development Planning, from Product Idea to Manufacture

In an engineering utopia, every project would come in on time and under budget—and, of course, be delivered by a unicorn. Two of these are possible, despite all three being rare. But few projects are planned well, so we end up with unrealistic expectations and often don’t figure that out until the project is 80% […]

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Practical Guide to Prototype Testing

Aesthetic design is in the eye of the beholder, but functional prototypes have a different standard—testing—and for most of us, exam day has never been something to which we look forward. However, test day doesn’t have to fill you with the fear you felt going into high school Calculus exams: By setting clear design expectations […]