AI-powered ingestion that transforms handwritten notes, chaotic spreadsheets, and blurry photos into perfectly structured, CNC-ready parts lists.
Handwritten notes with coffee stains and illegible dimensions
47 merged cells, broken formulas, and references to deleted sheets
Scanned documents from clients with zero standardization
"Can you add 3 more shelves? I need it by tomorrow."
Hours wasted. Errors introduced. Money lost.
There's a better way.
CAI Intake doesn't care how your data arrives. Voice memo? Scanned PDF? Copy-paste from an email? We've seen it all—and we parse it all.
Smart spreadsheet with instant parsing and validation
Intelligent column mapping with auto-detection
Speak your cutlist naturally, we transcribe it
AI-powered extraction from photos and PDFs
99%+ accuracy with scannable order forms
From emails, docs, or any source—we parse it
Data arrives in any format
Voice, image, spreadsheet, PDF—doesn't matter
AI extracts structured data
Gemini 3 + Claude vision models, tuned on real cutlists
Schema verification & confidence scoring
Every part passes 47 validation checks
Smart material matching
Auto-maps to your material library with fallbacks
CNC-ready output
MaxCut, CutList Plus, CutRite, ZDCut, and more
Need a custom format? We've got you covered.
Talk to our team →Enterprise-grade security, deployment flexibility, and integration surface — designed for multi-site manufacturers and the teams that run them.
SAML 2.0 and OIDC for seamless integration with your identity provider.
Granular permissions for operators, estimators, and administrators across multi-site organizations.
Managed cloud, private cloud, or on-premise — your data stays where you need it.
Complete, immutable activity trails for every parse, edit, and export — exportable for compliance reviews.
REST and webhook APIs integrate CAI Intake with your ERP, MRP, CAD, and order-management systems.
SLA-backed response times, named customer success contacts, and onboarding engineering.
curl -X POST https://cai-intake.io/api/v1/parse-jobs \
-H "X-API-Key: cai_your_api_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"source": {
"type": "text",
"content": "Side panel 720x560 qty 2 white board"
},
"options": { "defaultThicknessMm": 18, "aiMode": true }
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