
Welcome to Mercora
Sebastian Bugal
We're excited to introduce Mercora—an AI-native platform built to transform how commodity traders handle document reconciliation and trade operations.
The Problem We're Solving
Every day, operations teams spend hours manually reconciling trade documents. Contracts, bills of lading, invoices, letters of credit—each requires careful review and cross-referencing. Despite best efforts, errors slip through, costing companies tens of thousands of dollars per incident.
Our Approach
Mercora uses AI to automate the tedious parts of document processing while keeping humans in control of the decisions that matter. We're not replacing operations teams—we're giving them superpowers.
What Mercora Does
- Automatic document ingestion from email and manual uploads
- AI-powered data extraction of key terms, pricing, and dates
- Rule-based reconciliation with configurable tolerances
- Proactive alerts when discrepancies are detected
- Human-in-the-loop review for flagged issues
What's Next
We're working closely with commodity trading companies to refine our platform. If you're interested in learning more or joining our early access program, get in touch.
Stay tuned for more updates on our journey to make trade operations safer, faster, and more efficient.
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