May 15, 2026
Why Businesses Slow Down as They Grow
As businesses scale, the very systems that helped them grow begin to create friction. Workflows that worked at 10 people break down…
Merken Soft
In the textile and apparel industry, the journey from creative concept to production-ready specification is filled with friction. Design teams work in creative tools. Production teams work in technical systems. The handoff between them is often a manual, error-prone translation process that costs time, money, and creative integrity.
IRIS was built specifically for this challenge — to bring AI-powered intelligence to the design-to-production workflow, enabling automatic extraction of colorways, patterns, and specifications from mood boards and creative references.
Merken Soft
Merkensoft Team
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