Greetings,
My name is Ozan, and I’m the founder of Base64.ai. Thank you for joining me in celebrating the 6th anniversary of the best Document AI!
When COVID-19 disrupted the world and revealed how fragile the human workforce was, the elephant in the room stood out:
Companies need employees to process documents.
Can AI do it better, at hyperscale?
While experimenting with AI, we quickly noticed realizing this vision wouldn’t be easy (and it still isn’t). Documents are diverse, messy, ambiguous, and often unintelligible without proper language and domain expertise. Some were skeptical that such a “futuristic” product could work in practice. But I loved the challenge, not because it was easy, but because it was hard. I’ve dreamed of an AI taking over mundane office work, allowing humans to focus on more meaningful, better-paying jobs. Success would mean fundamentally changing how the world does business. Existing Legacy OCR solutions promised a lot, but consistently fell short on results:
- Legacy OCR couldn’t process documents out of the box. Each company had to train, tag, and tune its AI for each document format.
- Base64 offers the solution out of the box. With over 2,800 popular document models and zero-shot understanding of its Semantic AI, it’s ready on day one!
- They couldn’t handle real-world messiness like skew, rotation, or blur.
- Base64 accepts any file format from any source in any condition
- Demos meant listening to sales pitches, smoke & mirrors with optimized documents, and professional services contracts.
- Base64 provides a live demo at www.base64.ai since launch day. Upload anything. See results instantly with your own files. Build end-to-end workflows.
- Support? Open a ticket and wait for back-and-forth.
- Base64 has a 24-hour on-call with real humans at 833-866-4646.
Along the way, Base64 evolved rapidly, resetting expectations for the entire industry. Today’s market is no longer satisfied with the limitations of legacy OCR. People want to see, in real time, how it works for their custom documents, bringing their business ideas to life. What started as a bold idea has grown into an industry-standard, trusted, certified, and secure platform used by innovative global companies that demand real results. We filed seven patent applications that shook up a dormant industry. Six years in, our core mission remains unchanged: Process documents the way humans do, at scale. Fluent in any language, adaptable to any industry, and working 24/7.
None of this happened alone. We learned a great deal from you: customers, investors, industry leaders, and incredible partners, one of whom signed a multiyear contract with the world’s largest airline last week. Above all, I want to share my gratitude to our employees (current and former) who are among the best I have worked with in my career. This journey is powered by their talent, passion, and grit. Few had the career opportunity I have had with them.
I’m truly grateful to share this journey (and the cake) with you 🍰
Best,
Ozan E. Bilgen
Founder, Base64.ai
