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Denver Rayburn

Founder & CEO, Framework Automation

About

Denver Rayburn is founder and CEO of Framework Automation, building software-orchestrated, fully automated apparel factories in the United States. He previously scaled a vertically integrated textile manufacturing company to $75M in revenue across the U.S., China, and India, and began his career at Lazard and Norwest Venture Partners. Framework targets the $400B U.S. apparel market with reshored, on-demand production at Asian price points.

Previous roles

  • Founder & CEO, Interweave Brands
  • Founding Member, PosterFuse
  • Executive Director, HackATL
  • Summer Analyst, Lazard Frères & Co.

Notable work

  • Founder and CEO of Framework Automation, an automated apparel-manufacturing company.
  • Framework applies advanced machinery and intelligent software to domestic apparel production.
  • Rayburn frames Framework's work around the economics of manufacturing, supply-chain architecture, and reindustrialization.
  • Writes about cost physics, complexity in production, and machinery-financing reform for the next generation of industrial companies.
  • In 2026, the Export-Import Bank of the United States visited Framework as part of its Factory Floor Fridays campaign focused on domestic manufacturing and exports.

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