Many 3D printed family homes — including Icon's previous builds — are single-story, with the only printed components being its walls. The rest of the house has to be built traditionally.

ICON, which builds homes using 3D printing, has closed on $56 million in Series C funding co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Tiger Global, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch exclusively.

ICON was founded in late 2017 and launched during SXSW in March 2018 with the first permitted 3D-printed home in the U.S. That 350-square-foot house took about 48 hours (at 25% speed) to print.

Icon, a 3D-printing construction technology company, is laying off more than 100 employees, according to a WARN notice posted this week. The Austin startup is laying off 114 employees, realigning ...

ICON, a construction technology firm with aspirations to put its 3D-printed buildings on the moon, has brought former Tesla and Amazon lawyer Robert Harmon on board as general counsel.