CreateMe Technologies has formed strategic partnerships with Avalo and Laguna Fabrics to launch Seed to System, an initiative designed to connect climate-smart cotton, domestic textile production and robotic garment assembly into a single, AI-assisted manufacturing ecosystem in the United States. The companies said the collaboration is intended to demonstrate a faster, more local approach to apparel production that improves supply chain resilience and reduces the friction created by fragmented sourcing and long offshore lead times.
CreateMe, founded in 2019 and based in Newark, California, specialises in automated soft-material manufacturing and has focused its platform development on apparel. The company says it is working to replace traditional cut-and-sew workflows with a unified system that combines robotics, proprietary bonding methods and what it describes as physical AI aiming for precision and repeatability that are difficult to achieve consistently through conventional sewing operations.
“We believe the future of apparel manufacturing depends on building connected systems across material innovation, textile development, and advanced automation,” said Cam Myers, founder and CEO of CreateMe. “This partnership is not about recreating legacy supply chains. It is about building a new foundation for apparel manufacturing, one powered by technical innovation, AI-assisted development, and closer collaboration between next-generation partners.”
“Together with Avalo and Laguna Fabrics, we are demonstrating how brands can unlock greater speed, resilience, and responsiveness through a more connected manufacturing ecosystem,” he said.
CreateMe’s platform includes Pixel micro-adhesive bonding, the MeRA robotic assembly system and Thermo(re)set reversible adhesive science. The company’s MeRA system received a 2026 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award, a recognition CreateMe cited as evidence of growing industry interest in automation solutions purpose-built for textiles.
The partners said Seed to System was created to explore how US-based apparel manufacturing could operate if key stages were designed as a coordinated chain rather than isolated functions. CreateMe argues that while elements of the supply chain exist domestically, the sector has historically lacked coordination between agriculture, textile formation and garment assembly. It also pointed to decades of offshoring that prioritised labour cost savings but resulted in longer lead times, lower visibility, higher emissions and inefficiencies between production stages.
The initiative will begin as a pilot intended to show how an integrated system could function in practice. The process starts in Texas with Avalo’s AI-assisted work on climate-smart cotton, which the company says is aimed at improving farm resilience and efficiency. Laguna Fabrics then converts that cotton into fabric in California using its knitting and dyeing capabilities, creating a domestic textile stage between farming and final assembly.
“Avalo leverages AI to naturally evolve cotton genetics to create more efficient and sustainable raw material production, while maintaining quality,” said Tricia Carey, chief commercial officer at Avalo. “This technology creates much-needed resilience on the farm, and we are excited to partner with innovators that are using AI to deliver the same climate-smart efficiency to the rest of the supply chain.”
Once the fabric is produced, CreateMe’s commercial-grade automated assembly platforms MeRA and Pixel are used to make finished garments, completing the chain from fibre innovation to final product.
“Laguna Fabrics is proud to help connect material innovation to scalable textile development,” said David Roshan, president of Laguna Fabrics. “Building a better apparel system requires practical infrastructure, and this partnership demonstrates how knitting, dyeing, and manufacturing can work together in a more transparent and responsive way.”
The partners said work will continue through the summer, with a focus on product design, material storytelling and process visibility. The group is aiming for a Climate Week activation and capsule launch, using the pilot to illustrate how a connected, technology-enabled approach could shorten timelines and improve responsiveness for brands seeking more local, resilient production models.
