Digital matter—a new frontier that merges 3D printing, smart materials, and embedded electronics—has the potential to radically transform manufacturing, architecture, and even medicine. Unlike traditional 3D printing, which focuses on structure and shape, digital matter involves printing functional components directly into materials: circuits, sensors, processors, and even actuators. This means everyday objects—walls, furniture, tools—could be fabricated with built-in intelligence, making them responsive, adaptive, and networked from the moment they are created. For example, a digitally printed prosthetic limb could self-diagnose faults, adjust its performance, and communicate with the user’s health app in real time. Buildings constructed with digital matter could regulate temperature autonomously or detect structural weaknesses. In fashion and design, garments could alter their texture or color based on environmental input. This convergence of additive manufacturing and intelligent systems opens the door to a world where the line between material and machine dissolves entirely. However, digital matter also disrupts traditional supply chains, labor markets, and product lifecycles. As consumers become creators and manufacturers of complex smart objects, questions around regulation, intellectual property, and cybersecurity take center stage. Who controls a world where code becomes physical matter? Digital matter reimagines how we build and interact with the world, making “intelligence” a property of the very materials that surround us.