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Launch YC: Percival: Automating Data Entry for Wholesalers and Distributors

"Automate data entry with AI"

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.

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.

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.

Their Solution

https://youtu.be/-wkzcFeQbc0

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.

Learn More

🌐 Visit www.percivaltech.com to learn more.
🤝 If you or someone you know spends more than an hour per day on data entry, please reach out to the founders here.
👣 Follow Percival on LinkedIn.

Posted 
May 29, 2025
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