Josef Průša

Competitors had to scramble to survive.

Prusa Research, the Czech company that basically defined the open source 3D printer market for a decade, had to pivot their entire strategy.

They eventually announced their own enclosed Core XY machine, the Core One, for 1,199 US dollars.

And budget brands like Elegoo launched the Centauri Carbon for exactly $299.99, boasting the same 500 millimeters a second speed.

But the irony here is incredibly thick.

The Software Freedom Conservancy immediately launched a formal investigation into Bambu.

Why? Because Bambu's own proprietary software, Bambu Studio, is heavily built on top of open source code they took from PrusaSlicer.

It's a complex licensing dispute.