fileAI

fileAI is an enterprise AI company that converts complex, unstructured business files into validated, structured and governed data that downstream systems, workflows and AI agents can act on. Its foundation platform, fileForge, covers a data preparation pipeline spanning capture, preparation, governance and orchestration: multimodal AI OCR and classification, zero-shot AI schemas for field extraction, a Scout capability that maps document and file types so teams can select relevant fields, model orchestration that balances quality, speed and cost, and a Forensics component that detects file tampering and anomalies at ingestion. A Resolve capability normalizes, enriches and reconciles records, while extraction, validation and transformation steps are logged with citations and timestamps, and reasoning models plus human-in-the-loop checklists support auditability.

On top of fileForge the company sells two purpose-built products: fileLedger for financial operations automation (capture, validation, GL tagging, multi-way matching, reconciliation and posting of transactions with evidence traced from source file to ERP) and fileShield for case automation in banking, financial services and insurance, which assembles evidence, applies policy and risk logic and routes cases to straight-through processing or human review. Solutions are positioned for insurance (claims, underwriting, compliance, policy administration), banking and financial services (KYC, lending, core banking), accounting and finance, healthcare and lab sciences, and other sectors including supply chain, BPO and brick-and-mortar retail. The platform supports 200+ languages, offers more than 100 ERP and system integrations, an advanced RAG stack and an MCP server, and is accessible through a no-code interface as well as APIs and SDKs.

Founding story

Co-founder and CEO Christian Schneider, a German economics graduate, left investment banking around 2013-2014 for a business intelligence role at a friend's e-commerce startup in Asia, then co-founded DishDash, a B2B office F&B procurement platform that ran four years and peaked at $10 million revenue before the food-tech downturn around 2018. At DishDash his team struggled to get data into shape for enterprise clients to sign off on monthly reconciliation, which became the spark for fileAI: an automated reconciliation tool for large businesses. Building an MVP with a small group of developers, Schneider concluded the accounting problem was really a data problem and broadened the scope into a data preparation platform. Roughly 18 months in, the arrival of generative AI allowed data to be understood, corrected and modified within the processing pipeline, lifting prediction accuracy from about 60% to well over 90%.

Business model

B2B enterprise software: fileAI licenses its fileForge platform and the fileLedger and fileShield solutions to enterprises, with published pricing, a self-serve public platform and demo booking alongside enterprise sales. The company positions its value on reducing back-office operating expense, with the CEO stating AI applications can cut operating expenses by up to 90 percent.

Software platform revenue from enterprise customers; the company reported more than $3 million in revenue, with a stated aim to triple it within months.

Traction

fileAI processes over 200 million files annually and states it works with 500+ leaders across global enterprises. In 2024 it processed and automated over 200 million pages and files, saving clients an estimated 420,000 hours and more than $7 million in costs. Revenue was reported at over $3 million, the team numbered about 70, and customers span Singapore, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States.

Latest developments

In June 2026 fileAI partnered with JRE Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm supporting the JR East Group, establishing its presence in Japan, and in August 2026 it received an investment from SMBC Asia Rising Fund to support Japan expansion and product development. The current platform is organized around fileForge with the fileLedger and fileShield solutions, and the company operates a public self-serve platform, SDKs and an MCP server.