Show HN: ParsePoint – AI OCR that pipes any invoice straight into Excel

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Jul 6, 2025 13:50
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Summary

ParsePoint is a new AI-powered OCR tool designed to automate the extraction of invoice data into Excel, significantly reducing manual data entry time for small businesses. Built with a fine-tuned open-source VLLM model for document layouts, it demonstrates the practical application of lightweight, customizable AI solutions for everyday business tasks. This highlights the growing accessibility and impact of AI-driven automation in streamlining administrative workflows.

Hi HN, I run a small ecommerce shop and, until recently, spent way too many evenings copy-pasting supplier invoices into Excel so my books stayed clean and my expense tracking was granular. It finally hit me that I’d rather invest that time in code than in Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V, so I built ParsePoint.app. Why I built it • Manual invoice entry was swallowing 4 hours every month. • Accounting software APIs felt heavyweight for my use-case; I really just wanted clean rows in a spreadsheet. • I love tinkering with AI models and needed an excuse to spin one up in production. What it does 1. Upload a PDF (or forward an email). 2. ParsePoint’s AI OCR extracts line-items, amounts, tax, dates, etc. 3. Download a ready-to-pivot Excel/CSV file or hit the API to drop the data wherever you like. Under the hood • Frontend: React • API: .NET 8, PostgreSQL • AI layer: an open-source VLLM model fine-tuned for document layouts Outcome so far • My own workload: from 4 hours/month to less than 10 minutes. • Early