3D House Printer Raises $200M at a Lower Price, Plus TSMC's Record Profit | Tech Arcade Podcast
ICON, the Austin company whose robots 3D-print homes, has raised $200 million in a Series D co-led by Baillie Gifford and BlackRock-managed funds, at a valuation Dealroom puts at $1.4 billion, below the nearly $2 billion reported in 2022. We explain how printed walls work, why ICON wants to sell its Titan printers, and which claims are the company's own. Then: TSMC posted a record NT$763.1 billion (about $23.6 billion) quarterly profit, up 69%, on the same day South Korea's main index fell 8%.
Full story: https://www.techarcade.io/a-robot-that-prints-houses-just-raised-200-million-at-a-lower-price-than-in-2022/
Full story: https://www.techarcade.io/tsmc-just-made-23-6-billion-in-profit-in-three-months-on-the-day-asia-s-chip-stocks-crashe/
Sources
Construction Dive: https://www.constructiondive.com/news/3d-printing-giant-icon-raises-funding/833001/
3D Printing Industry: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/icon-raises-200m-to-manufacture-titan-3d-printers-for-builders-255641/
Dealroom: https://dealroom.co/news/162041-3d-home-builder-icon-raises-200m-series-d-at-1-4b-valuation/
TechCrunch (2022): https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/18/icon-raises-185m-in-tiger-global-led-round-at-a-2b-valuation-to-build-more-homes-with-its-3d-printing-technology/
TSMC Q3 2026 results: https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3346
Reuters via StreetInsider: https://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/TSMC+Q3+profit+jumps+69%25+to+record%2C+beating+expectations/27188333.html
Reuters via AOL: https://www.aol.com/articles/south-koreas-kospi-triggers-circuit-004155000.html
Admiral Markets: https://admiralmarkets.com/analytics/traders-blog/tsmc-earnings-q3-2026-preview
Note: ICON's 2022 valuation was reported by TechCrunch from anonymous sources as approaching $2 billion; Dealroom gives total funding as $700 million in its article and $707 million in its sidebar; TSMC's 50.9% revenue growth is in Taiwan dollars (41.2% in US dollars).
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