What a crazy ride 2024 has been! It’s been a year of growth and triumphs, where we’ve not only expanded into new use cases and markets, but have also redefined what it means to harness the power of AI.

In a world of aggressive innovation and fierce competition, fileAI looks better positioned than ever to make its way into the big leagues. Our strict focus on unstructured data processing on a horizontal level has put us on the map as a serious global contender. 

A recent McKinsey survey revealed that in about 60% of occupations, one-third of the tasks can be automated. This statistic underscores a pressing truth: while manual, repetitive work is unavoidable, it shouldn’t define our lives. We’re here to change that narrative.

The reality is that, according to multiple analyst estimates, 80-90% of content in the world is unstructured, across PDFs, spreadsheets, emails, even handwritten notes. The time you spend extracting, cleaning, structuring, and verifying this data internally is time taken away from what truly matters: collaboration, creativity, and impactful decision-making. The grind of manual data processing not only drains our energy but also stifles innovation. It’s frustrating and exhausting to feel bogged down by the very tools meant to empower us.

When we started fileAI 4 years ago, we initially focused on automating financial data, a challenge we’d experienced together at our previous company as colleagues. As we delved deeper into the challenges surrounding this task, it became clear that the need for data automation goes beyond finance; it touches every aspect of business operations.

Every repetitive process that involves files and data can benefit from our AI automation technology.

‍This realization has fueled our mission: to empower businesses to achieve more without dramatically scaling headcount. With fileAI, you can process any file end-to-end directly into any system without manual intervention. Our platform is designed to liberate you and your team from the repetitive grind of paperwork and data management so you can focus on what truly drives your business forward.

This year alone, we’ve processed over 200 million pages, saving our clients an estimated 320,000 hours and US$6 million in data processing—and we’re just getting started.

Imagine a world where your team spends less time wrestling with data and more time unlocking insights that lead to actionable outcomes. With fileAI, this isn’t simply a dream—it’s our reality. We believe in transforming data into insights and insights into action. 

As we look ahead to the coming year, we invite you to join us on this journey. Let’s embrace AI as a partner in progress rather than a replacement for human ingenuity. Here’s to a future where technology enhances our capabilities and allows us to focus on what we do best.

Christian Schneider and Clare Leighton
Co-founders of fileAI

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