What is Extend?

Extend is an AI-native document processing tool designed to parse complex PDF layouts with state-of-the-art accuracy. Unlike legacy OCR solutions that struggle with tables, multi-column formats, and irregular nesting, Extend is engineered specifically to output clean, structured data ready for AI pipelines.

Why Founders Need It

Data trapped in PDFs is the silent killer of AI-powered startups. If your product requires ingesting invoices, medical records, or legal contracts, your data quality is only as good as your extraction layer. Extend allows you to bypass the engineering nightmare of custom regex or brittle OCR integrations, letting you focus on the model performance rather than the cleaning pipeline.

How to Use It

  • Integrate via API to pipe raw PDFs directly into your backend.
  • Configure data schema requirements for complex, non-standard layouts.
  • Output structured JSON/CSV for immediate consumption by your LLM agents.

Alternatives

  • ABBYY/UiPath: Enterprise-heavy, often expensive and over-engineered for lean startups.
  • PyMuPDF/Open-source: Requires heavy maintenance and high engineering hours to handle edge-case document layouts.