Document parsing API for AI pipelines, with layout-first extraction and splitting.
Product memo
Extend gives AI teams and developers a specialized API for document parsing, extraction, and splitting. It handles complex layouts with a layout-first approach, ensuring high accuracy for AI pipelines. The platform helps teams ship reliable document agents faster, reducing development time with features like automated schema refinement and multi-pass review agents.
For who
AI teams and developers
Solves what
Accurate document parsing, extraction, and splitting for AI pipelines.
- Layout-first parsing API
- Production-ready document agents
- Composer for schema refinement
In their own words
Production-ready
Parse, extract, and split your hardest documents with unmatched accuracy. Ship reliable document agents in minutes, not months.
Production-ready document processing takes more than models. A batteries-included toolkit to go from PDFs to production, fast.
Commercial cues
Model
usage based
Free tier
Yes
Trial
No
Pricing Strategy
- • Tiered plans bundle credits, offering predictable costs for scaling document volumes.
- • An Enterprise tier handles custom needs, including self-hosted deployment options.
Operator context
Team
VC / larger team
Founded
May 2026
HQ
United States
Platform
API
Audience
Developers
Public footprint
+1 more footprint links
Builder Strategy
- Strategy Type
- Niche Specialist
- Stage
- Vc Growth
- Effort
- Complex Stack
About Extend Expand
Extend provides a specialized document parsing API designed for AI teams and developers. It delivers accurate extraction and splitting of complex documents, a critical step for building specific AI pipelines.
The platform's layout-first parsing approach and AI-powered schema refinement (Composer) help ensure data quality. For teams needing to handle high volumes or specific compliance, the multi-pass review agent flags uncertainties, and a self-hosted deployment option is available.
This addresses the need for production-ready document processing beyond basic model capabilities.