Found Surface Revenue (2025)

Found Surface generated $1M in revenue in 2025.

Found Surface passed $1 million in annual revenue in 2025 and is targeting $5 million in 2026, representing a roughly five-times year-over-year increase. Meany described the $5 million figure as what the company would hit if it closes its pipeline reasonably well, not a stretch goal.

Found Surface operates primarily business-to-business. Meany stated the company sells beanies at a price that allows a business customer to retail them for $12, and described the B2B price point as competitive with or cheaper than imported alternatives in many cases, particularly on customizable goods.

For direct-to-consumer or brand retail, Meany cited a $35 retail target for a beanie made from domestic cotton. He contrasted this with an Old Navy polyester beanie made in Vietnam, which he estimated retails for roughly $8 to $9. Meany was clear that Found Surface is not primarily a DTC business; the $35 figure represents what a brand partner would charge the end consumer.

Customer count and churn were not discussed in the interview. The company serves clients across customizable apparel, medical textiles, and PPE and defense, with the promotional products market, which Meany described as a $20 billion annual industry in the US with more than half being soft goods, cited as a major target opportunity.

Found Surface monetizes through B2B sales of custom-knit textile products across three verticals: customizable apparel and promotional goods, medical and technical textiles, and PPE and defense. The company positions itself as cheaper than imported alternatives for customizable goods, competing on speed, flexibility, and domestic production rather than on commodity pricing.

The core economic unit is machine minutes. The current fleet manages a couple million machine minutes per year. A sweater requires approximately 40 minutes of machine time. A beanie and other smaller goods require less. Each machine can be tooled with a maximum of four cones of yarn per run and controls almost 1,000 needles, enabling a wide range of product types on a single machine. Meany described the business model as a finite pool of machine minutes allocated across product categories, replacing the traditional headcount-based labor model.

Meany stated that sweater production costs have dropped 95 percent year over year and that the company expects an additional 60 percent cost reduction by the end of 2026. He noted that 40 percent of purchased apparel inventory industry-wide ends up in limbo to be discarded, and framed Found Surface's low-minimum, on-demand model as a direct solution to that waste problem. Profitability was not explicitly confirmed in the interview; Meany addressed the margin question by describing the structural cost improvements and competitive positioning rather than stating a margin figure. The company has built its own ERP system and proprietary shop floor applications. Gross margin, burn rate, runway, churn, LTV, CAC, and conversion rate were not discussed.

Found Surface employs 17 people as of the August 2026 interview. Meany stated that this team delivers the throughput that would have required 150 people under a traditional manufacturing model, a ratio he cited as central to the company's economic case for domestic production.

The team composition was not broken down by function in the interview, though Meany referenced a supply chain team that co-develops raw materials for client projects, as well as design, development, and prototyping capabilities. The company also maintains its original headquarters space, which it still uses for logistics.