#3DStartup: Shapeshift 3D & Its Customization Platform for 3D Printing

Hailing from Canada, Shapeshift 3D is a startup that has developed an integrated platform to customize medical and sports equipment. The company facilitates digital transformation, scanning, and 3D printing. The company’s software solution is optimized by artificial intelligence and allows you to efficiently customize your product—anything from an orthosis, a prosthesis, or a bicycle helmet. When using Shapeshift 3D’s software, users load their 3D scan onto the platform, the latter reconstructs the scans and defines benchmarks; the software rectifies the file and customizes it in terms of form, function, and fit. We met the startup’s founder & CEO, Jonathan Borduas, to learn more about how this solution works.

3DN: Can you introduce yourself and your connection to additive manufacturing?

My additive manufacturing journey started during my bachelor’s in physics engineering. Inspired and enabled by the RepRap project, I was one of the first to have a 3D printer at home in Canada and was using it in a variety of projects. What fueled my passion was the many benefits offered: design freedom, manufacturing rapidity, and capabilities to materialize one’s creativity.

Jonathan Borduas, CEO de Shapeshift 3D

I consider myself to be a generalist of science – my interests and skills are vast, and I wish to impact society in various ways. Additive manufacturing is a wonderful way to do this, as its applications span a huge spectrum of disciplines and promise to transform society as a whole. After I got my bachelor’s degree and thought about what I wanted to do, I thought 3D printing would be perfect for me.