What unspun does

unspun is a US-based fashion technology company, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Oakland/Emeryville, California, that is building an AI-enabled, automated apparel manufacturing platform around its proprietary Vega™ 3D weaving machine. The machine weaves yarn directly into 3D textiles (such as pant legs) in a single automated step that combines beam warping, weaving, and cutting, collapsing months of cut-and-sew production into days and reducing waste, with one disclosed LCA finding 53% lower global warming potential, 49% lower energy demand, and 39% lower water consumption vs. conventional air-jet weaving. The software stack consists of Vega OS for programming weave patterns (variable twill, continuous jacquard) and FitOS, a body-scanning and AI-driven fit platform launched in the US in December 2024 that targets up to 50% apparel return-rate reduction.

unspun monetizes the platform through three interlocking GTM motions. The primary B2B motion licenses Vega machines and charges royalties to apparel brands, retailers, and manufacturers, with multi-year agreements signed with Walmart (March 2024, targeting 350 machines and 10M garments/year capacity in North America and Europe by 2030) and Decathlon (October 2024, EU deployment plus strategic investment). A direct-to-consumer motion sells Vega One pants at $300–$315 and designer collaborations (Eckhaus Latta, Pangaia, TEGET, Collina Strada) through unspun's own Shopify storefront, with limited volumes. A partnership motion supports co-developed products and custom-fit pilots (e.g., Weekday/H&M Group Body Scan Jeans 2020–2022, Pangaia Everybody Jeans 2021). Operating under CEO Arne Arens since March 2026, with co-founders Beth Esponnette (CPO), Walden Lam, and Kevin Martin (CTO), unspun has raised over $50M in venture funding across a $14M Series A (June 2023, Lowercarbon-led) and a $32M Series B (July/August 2024, DCVC-led), and in April 2026 secured letters of support from Walmart, REI, and supply chain partners Bethel Industries, Peckham, and PDS Ltd/GSC Link for U.S. domestic manufacturing hubs.

Name

unspun

Legal name

unspun, Inc.

Website

https://unspun.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

unspun is a US-based fashion technology company building AI-enabled Vega™ 3D weaving machines and FitOS software for automated, on-demand apparel manufacturing. It serves global apparel brands and manufacturers (Walmart, Decathlon, REI) through machine licensing and royalties, plus direct-to-consumer sales of Vega One products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

3D Weaving Apparel Manufacturing Technology

NAICS

Broadwoven Fabric Mills (31321), Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing (3152)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300), Textile Mill Products (2200), Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton (2211)

akta.pro primary industry

Woven Fabrics (CRAAAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Greige Woven Fabric Mills (IMAOABAA)

Keywords

• 3D weaving machines
• Apparel manufacturing technology
• Automated textile production
• On-demand garment manufacturing
• Body scanning fit software

Headquarters

HQ city

Emeryville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Vega Machine Licensing & Royalties: Manufacturers license Vega 3D weaving machines and pay royalties; unspun handles machine building, operator training, and maintenance. Capital-light model for unspun (customers do not need to make capital expenditure beyond licensing fees and royalties). Recurring royalty revenue tied to machine deployment.
2. Direct-to-Consumer Product Sales (Vega Collection): Sales of unspun's own 3D woven Vega garments (Vega One pants, designer collaborations such as Celine Kwan, Teget, Eckhaus Latta) via unspun.io e-commerce storefront. One-time purchase transactions, with $300–$315 unit pricing on core Vega One products.
3. Custom-Fit / Made-to-Order Manufacturing Service: On-demand, made-to-order custom-fit apparel (jeans, pants) for consumers via body scanning and algorithmic patternmaking, demonstrated in partnerships with Weekday, Pangaia, and Collina Strada. Per-garment production.
4. Strategic Brand Co-Development Partnerships: Multi-year product agreements and industrial partnerships with major brands (Walmart, Decathlon, REI) for development and deployment of Vega-woven products; combines hardware licensing, R&D collaboration, and supply chain integration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

unspun builds and licenses the Vega 3D weaving machine and supporting Vega OS software, which together weave yarn directly into garments (e.g., a pair of pants in about 10 minutes) by combining beam warping, weaving, and cutting into a single automated step. The platform is offered to apparel brands and manufacturers via a licensing/royalty model and complemented by FitOS body-scanning/AI fit software and a direct-to-consumer line of 3D woven Vega products.

Product overview

unspun is a US-based, B Corp-certified fashion technology company built around a single platform-plus-modules architecture. The core platform is the Vega™ 3D weaving machine and its supporting Vega OS / Vega UI software, which together weave yarn directly into garments in a single automated process. Layered on top are two key software modules: FitOS, which uses body scanning and AI to deliver personalized size recommendations and reduce returns, and the unspun app with its custom-fit patternmaking algorithms that turn 3D body scans into made-to-order garments. unspun monetizes this platform both by licensing Vega™ machines and software to brands, retailers, and manufacturers (e.g., Walmart, Decathlon, REI, Bethel Industries, Peckham) and by selling its own direct-to-consumer products, including the Vega™ One and Vega™ Collections (3D woven pants and pillows), custom-fit jeans, and co-developed collaborations such as the Tinsel Pants with Eckhaus Latta, the Static Noise Collection with TEGET, Everybody Jeans with Pangaia, Body Scan Jeans with Weekday, and 3D Woven Chinos with Walmart.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vega™: Proprietary 3D weaving technology platform and 3D woven apparel product line (Vega™ 3D Woven Collections) that weaves yarn directly into clothing for on-demand, localized, low-waste garment manufacturing.
• FitOS

Products and services

• Vega 3D Weaving Machine Proprietary 3D weaving hardware platform that weaves yarn directly into clothing (e.g., a pair of pants in ~10 minutes) by combining beam warping, weaving, and cutting into a single automated step. Licensed to apparel brands, retailers, and manufacturers seeking automated, on-demand, localized manufacturing.
• Vega OS / Vega UI Software that powers the design and operation of the Vega 3D weaving machine, allowing programmers to set weave patterns (e.g., variable twill, continuous jacquard) that the machine then renders as 3D woven garments.
• FitOS Data-driven sizing and fit platform that uses 3D body scanning and AI to deliver personalized size recommendations to consumers and help brands optimize inventory, targeting up to 50% reduction in return rates.
• Vega One Direct-to-consumer 3D woven pants made with Vega in California, offered in CORE 001 colorways (Brown, Olive, Sand at $300) and in designer collaborations such as the Celine Kwan edition ($315).
• Custom-Fit Jeans Made-to-order custom-fit jeans produced from a 3D body scan via unspun's proprietary fit algorithms, including styles such as the Baggy Fit and limited-edition Butterfly Jeans.
• 3D Woven Pillows Localized 3D woven home goods produced with Vega, supporting solids, stripes, texture, and custom shapes; co-developed with partners such as TEGET and ITALIC.
• 3D Woven Chinos (Walmart collaboration) 3D woven cotton twill chinos made without inseam or outseam, designed and produced using the Vega platform as part of the Walmart x unspun Made in America project.

Quantifiable outcome

• 53% reduction in global warming potential (LCA-verified vs. conventional air-jet weaving baseline)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability9 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor — industry event participant, major — signed letter of support for u.s. manufacturing hub plan alongside walmart, major — supply chain partner for u.s. manufacturing hub plan, flagship — first major european partner, multi-year product agreement + industrial partnership + strategic investment, flagship — first major u.s. collaborator, multi-year deployment plan, supported by american lighthouses initiative, mid — boutique designer collaboration, demonstrated variable-diameter weaving, minor — home goods capsule collaboration, major — flagship runway debut of 3d woven apparel at nyfw ss24, mid — demonstrated custom-fit at nyfw ss23, mid — pioneered on-demand custom-fit denim, major — first h&m group deployment, proved custom-fit at scale and contextual reference — not a direct unspun partner, but named as adjacent technology in industry coverage of autonomous knitting.

• FASHIONOLOGY SUMMITminor — industry event participantGTM or Marketing Partner · 17 June 2026Participated in the FASHIONOLOGY SUMMIT in NYC (June 2026), with unspun representatives featured on a manufacturing and design panel moderated by Simplifyber co-founder Maria Intscher-Owrang.
• REImajor — signed letter of support for u.s. manufacturing hub plan alongside walmartStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2026Signed a letter of support (April 2026) for unspun's plan to build AI-enabled 3D weaving manufacturing hubs in the United States. Part of the coalition of leading apparel brands backing domestic production.
• Bethel Industriesmajor — supply chain partner for u.s. manufacturing hub planImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 7 April 2026Supply chain partner joining unspun's U.S. manufacturing hub initiative (April 2026) to help establish automated production hubs with initial production on the near-term horizon.
• Peckhammajor — supply chain partner for u.s. manufacturing hub planImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 7 April 2026Supply chain partner joining unspun's U.S. manufacturing hub initiative (April 2026) to help establish automated production hubs.
• PDS Ltd / GSC Linkmajor — supply chain partner for u.s. manufacturing hub planImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 7 April 2026Supply chain partner joining unspun's U.S. manufacturing hub initiative (April 2026) to help establish automated production hubs.
• Decathlonflagship — first major european partner, multi-year product agreement + industrial partnership + strategic investmentStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 October 2024Multi-faceted partnership including a multi-year product agreement (first 3D-woven products on Decathlon shelves within two years, initial EU machine deployment scheduled for 2025), an industrial partnership, and a strategic investment. Decathlon also participated as an investor in the $32M Series B round. Goal is to scale Vega across Europe for local-for-local production.
• Walmartflagship — first major u.s. collaborator, multi-year deployment plan, supported by american lighthouses initiativeStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 March 2024Multi-year agreement (announced March 2024) to deploy Vega 3D weaving machines for localized production across North America and Europe. Joint project to design and produce 3D woven chinos, with planned microfactories in California and other U.S. states. Walmart VP of Apparel Production Development Avisnash Bhasker publicly endorsed the broader U.S. manufacturing hub plan in April 2026.
• TEGET (Ana Kraš)mid — boutique designer collaboration, demonstrated variable-diameter weavingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-created the "Static Noise" collection of 3D woven Baggy Fit pants in three colorways with variable-diameter (~35% taper) jacquard patterns, plus homeware pillows. Launched at Matter and Shape Paris.
• ITALICminor — home goods capsule collaborationStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Capsule collection of ultra-soft 3D woven pillows produced locally in California with Vega, near ITALIC HQ.
• Eckhaus Lattamajor — flagship runway debut of 3d woven apparel at nyfw ss24Strategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023NYFW Spring/Summer 2024 collaboration debuting the world's first 3D woven garments — the Tinsel and Tape pants — produced with unspun CPO Beth Esponette at the Oakland microfactory. Two styles sold via unspun shop and select stockists.
• Collina Strada (Hillary Taymour)mid — demonstrated custom-fit at nyfw ss23Strategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022NYFW SS23 collaboration creating custom-fit jeans from runway model body scans; informed the limited-edition Butterfly Jeans for consumers.
• Pangaiamid — pioneered on-demand custom-fit denimStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021"Everybody Jeans" — on-demand custom-fit PANhemp™ denim (organic cotton + hemp) launched November 2021; pioneered on-demand, made-to-order approach with unspun fit algorithms.
• Weekday (H&M Group)major — first h&m group deployment, proved custom-fit at scaleStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2020Body Scan Jeans in-store custom-fit experience at Weekday's Stockholm flagship, Fall 2020 to Spring 2022. Customers took body scans, customized cut/fabric/rise/length/trim via the Customizer tool, and received made-to-order jeans in two weeks.
• Shima Seiki (referenced in industry context)contextual reference — not a direct unspun partner, but named as adjacent technology in industry coverage of autonomous knittingOthersIndustry coverage notes Shima Seiki's WHOLEGARMENT® system and STOLL's autocreate® platform as adjacent autonomous knitting technologies positioning against Vega 3D weaving; no direct commercial partnership disclosed.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Shima Seiki: Japanese manufacturer of WHOLEGARMENT seamless whole-garment knitting machines and SDS-ONE APEX design software. Direct peer to unspun in automated apparel fabrication hardware; competes for the same enterprise customers seeking on-demand, localized garment production, though focused on knitting rather than weaving.
• H. Stoll (STOLL): German manufacturer of flat knitting machines and the autocreate automated knit-design platform. Direct peer to unspun in industrial-scale automated apparel hardware, with deep enterprise installed base and software ecosystem that competes for the same brand and manufacturer buyers.
• Kniterate: Designer of compact digital knitting machines that enable automated, on-demand garment and accessory production. Direct peer to unspun in democratizing automated apparel manufacturing hardware, although focused on smaller-format knitting machines for studios, designers, and small-batch production rather than industrial microfactory deployment.

Broad incumbents

• Kornit Digital: Public company producing industrial digital textile printing systems (DTG and roll-to-roll) for on-demand apparel and soft-signage production. Broader incumbent in on-demand apparel manufacturing technology, addressing the printing step of the supply chain while unspun addresses the weaving step — overlapping buyer base of brand and manufacturer decision-makers.
• Gerber Technology: Provider of end-to-end apparel manufacturing software and automation (CAD/CAM, cutting, PLM). Broader incumbent serving the same brand and contract manufacturer buyers that unspun targets with Vega and FitOS, with a much larger installed base but legacy cut-and-sew orientation.
• EFI Reggiani: Industrial textile printing and finishing equipment maker (part of Electronics For Imaging). Broader incumbent serving apparel and textile manufacturers with digital printing and finishing, addressing an adjacent step of the supply chain and overlapping buyer base.

Emerging players

• SoftWear Automation: U.S.-based developer of robotic sewing systems (Sewbot) for T-shirts and other apparel. Emerging player in apparel automation with overlapping value proposition of localized, automated production but addressing the sewing step rather than weaving, making it complementary or competitive depending on integration paths.
• Sewbo: U.S. startup using temporarily stiffened fabric to enable industrial robots to sew garments. Emerging player in apparel automation with similar thesis of replacing offshore cut-and-sew labor, overlapping with unspun's on-shoring narrative though focused on sewing rather than weaving.
• Simplifyber: U.S. startup developing cellulose-based, molded apparel that eliminates traditional cut-and-sew. Emerging player in next-generation apparel manufacturing that competes for the same sustainability-and-localization narrative; co-panelist with unspun at FASHIONOLOGY SUMMIT, indicating shared ecosystem positioning.
• Euveka: French provider of connected, robotic 3D body scanning mannequins for apparel fit and product development. Emerging player in the same custom-fit / body-scanning arena as unspun's FitOS, with comparable buyer base (brands and manufacturers reducing returns and improving fit) but a different technical approach (robotic mannequins vs. app-based scanning).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds11 records

Investors27 records

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M&A

Investments

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