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Reducto

AI document parsing API that converts complex documents into structured, LLM-ready outputs.

Updated May 2026

Overview

Website
reducto.ai

Product overview

Reducto is a team from MIT building vision models to turn complex documents into LLM-ready inputs. The company provides high-quality document ingestion for AI teams by accurately parsing complex documents like PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint slides. Their API converts unstructured documents into structured outputs for RAG, process automation, and other AI workflows, serving clients from startups to Fortune 10 enterprises.

Revenue model

API-based document parsing service with enterprise and startup pricing tiers

Moat

  • Proprietary Technology
  • Scale Advantages
  • Brand
  • Cost Advantages

Reducto's primary competitive moat is its best-in-class accuracy in AI document parsing and ingestion, achieved through a multi-pass approach combining traditional OCR with Vision-Language Models (VLMs), outperforming alternatives like open-source tools and Gemini models. This is reinforced by scale advantages from processing nearly a billion pages, serving top customers across industries, rapid growth, and strong funding from elite investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark.

Headwinds

Commoditization risk as document parsing becomes a standard feature in larger AI platforms.

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