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Finding Genius Podcast

Cullen Hilkene of 3Diligent, Helps Businesses Evaluate & Use 3D Printing

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 β€’ 1K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 15 December 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

3Diligent is a one-stop shop for 3D printing projects of all sizes. 3Diligent provides its customers access to a large network of 3D printing service providers, including machining and casting services, and rapid manufacturing materials such as paper, gypsum, resins, plastics and metals – each of which are used for specific applications.
Cullen, as CEO of 3Diligent, provides a secure way to submit projects for fabrication quickly and easily with industrial quality results. Because of their large network of providers, they are able to provide a wide variety of services – projects large, small, CNC machined, molded/casted and injection molded – can all be quoted and facilitated by 3Diligent.
3Diligent's mission is "To accelerate innovation by providing companies of all sizes seamless access to cutting edge rapid manufacturing services."

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0:00.0

Welcome to Almost Here, Round the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs.

0:07.9

Future Technologies always to transform our lives for better or worse for the focus of this podcast.

0:13.6

Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used.

0:18.1

We're just around the corner.

0:19.7

From Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, 3D around the corner, from Bitcoin to artificial intelligence,

0:22.0

3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, and more.

0:27.6

This is Richard Jacobs with Future Tech Podcast, almost here around the corner of future technology.

0:34.7

And I'm here today with Cullen Hilkeny, CEO of 3Diligent.com, the number 3, d I-I-G-E-N-T.com.

0:45.0

And 3Diligent appears to provide software that helps bridge the gap between the 3D printing

0:51.2

machines that are out there and the fulfillment companies and the people that want to create various 3D objects.

0:57.7

Is that accurate, call it?

0:59.4

Yeah, Richard.

1:00.4

First of all, thanks for having me on the show.

1:03.2

Yeah, I think you do a pretty good job of spelling out what we do.

1:08.3

Although in addition to software, I'd say we're also a services company, we describe ourselves

1:14.3

as a bit like Uber meets Amazon for rapid manufacturing services in the sense that Amazon

1:20.7

networked retailers, Uber networked drivers, we've networked rapid manufacturing service providers

1:26.7

across North America.

1:28.3

So at 3Diligent.com you can submit a single request for quote.

1:32.3

And then we use an algorithm to analyze that RFQ and along with our team routed to the ideal supply partners for the job across North America.

1:43.3

And so with that distributed supply base, we can deliver faster the ideal supply partners for the job across North America.

1:48.9

And so with that distributed supply base, we can deliver faster turnarounds and great prices for extremely high-quality, industrial-grade work.

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