Replace fragile regex on OCR outputs with schema-first JSON API

Replace fragile regex on OCR outputs with schema-first JSON API targets a $6.0B = 2M businesses globally that regularly process invoices x $3k ACV per year. Assumption: target includes SMB and midmarket finance teams willing to pay roughly $200-$350/mo for reliable structured extraction and integration. total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 12-18% estimated growth for document automation and AP automation budgets, driven by digitization and RPA adoption.

Key trends driving demand: Vision LLMs improve layout and context understanding -- enables schema-driven extraction without fragile templates; Shift to remote finance operations -- increases demand for automated invoice processing and cloud APIs; RPA and AP automation budgets rising -- buyers looking to replace manual data entry and reduce DPO penalties; Regulatory and audit pressure for structured document records -- firms need reliable, auditable extraction.