Percival Launches: Automating Data Entry for Wholesalers and Distributors

Percival recently launched!

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^{"Automate data entry with AI"}

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^{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.}

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Founded by Kevin Bi & David Zhu

They met at Harvard and share a passion for using cutting-edge tech to solve real-world problems. They 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.

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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.

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Their Solution

https://youtu.be/-wkzcFeQbc0

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With Percival, data entry and retrieval that once took hours now takes seconds:

1. Send customer requests to a dedicated @percivaltech.com address
2. 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.

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Learn More

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^{🌐 Visit www.percivaltech.com to learn more.}

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^{🤝 If you or someone you know spends more than an hour per day on data entry, please reach out to the founders here.}

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^{👣 Follow Percival on LinkedIn.}

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