Using massive 3D printers, a construction startup is building a housing community in southeast Mexico, one that could help prove the technology’s viability to create sturdy housing for people living in poverty. Icon, a 3D printing specialist, has already completed 10 homes at the community outside Nacajuca in Tabasco, with its on-site Vulcan II printer, according to the New York Times. Residents are set to move into the 500-square-foot homes in the coming months. The community will eventually include 500 homes, 100 of which are to be 3D-printed. Icon is coming off a Series B round of fundraising in August that attracted $207 million in investments. Icon is working on a handful of other projects, including a proof-of-concept community in Austin. There, Icon built six 400-square-foot homes in the 51-acre Community First Village, as well as a welcome center.

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