Hi r/hwstartups!

We’re Form Now, the new official 3D printing service by Formlabs. We know that in the startup world, the gap between a works-like prototype and a shippable product is often a material or hardware bottleneck. Whether you’re waiting on expensive tooling or your home prints aren't passing functional testing, we want to help you move faster.

We’ve partnered with the r/hwstartups mods to give away $250 in Form Now credits to one founder or engineer to help get your hardware over the finish line.

Winner gets:

$250 in Form Now credits for professional SLA or SLS printing, shipped to your door.

Industrial Materials on Demand: Access to Nylon 12 (functional/end-use), Rigid 10K (glass-filled/stiff), Tough 2000 (structural), and TPU 90A (gaskets/flexible).

How to enter:

If you were to design (or are currently designing) a hardware product, what would you print using a 3D printing service like Form Now for your project, and with what material? Projects and examples with photos are encouraged but not required if your project is not yet launched! See available materials here. 

Details/Rules:

• Selection: We will randomly select a comment entry, and update here as well as via DM.
• Submission limit: One submission per user.
• Entries: Submissions with text + photos of your project will get an extra entry!
• Deadline: Submission window ends on April 10th 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

Let’s see what you’re building!

Note: Contest is eligible to startups/designers in the US only.