Automating data entry with AI
Hey everyone, we're Kevin & David, co-founders of Percival!
TL;DR: Your time is too valuable to spend on rote data entry and retrieval. Leave that to Percival and get back to the important work.
Ask: If you or someone you know spends more than an hour per day on data entry, please reach out to us at founders@percivaltech.com. We’d love to learn more and see if we can help.
The Problem
If you run a high volume wholesaler or distributor, your team is likely bogged down by:
- Answering quote requests
- Entering purchase orders
- Updating cost info from suppliers
In the best case, it’s a tedious copy-paste job. But more often than not, it’s:
- Finding out that the "SKU" is their SKU, not yours
- Wading through shipping addresses to attribute orders to the right customer
- Searching for "Strawberry 12-pack of yogurt" when the item is listed as "Yogurt, Strawberry – 12-count"
Instead of talking to customers and generating new sales, hours are spent trudging through an ERP.
Our Solution
With Percival, data entry and retrieval that once took hours now takes seconds:
- Send customer requests to a dedicated @percivaltech.com address
- Receive a reply once the data has been entered/retrieved from the ERP
Percival is more than a data extraction tool – it integrates directly with your ERP to perform complex tasks like:
- Searching for item SKUs and descriptions
- Entering new purchase orders
- Updating cost and list prices
Percival’s automations are customized to your company. If you have special instructions like, "When ABC Corp says Standard Pack, they mean a 12-unit bundle," Percival understands it just as a teammate would.
Founders
We met at Harvard and share a passion for using cutting-edge tech to solve real-world problems. We became friends over the card game Avalon, where "Percival" was everyone’s favorite character.
Kevin led backend engineering for Palantir’s unmanned systems team: handling live video, mission simulation, and autonomous vehicle command and control.
David was an engineering manager at Scale AI: building core systems for contributor payouts, onboarding, and project matching.
