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Re:LlamaCloud and LlamaParse by verdverm on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @12:18AM (#39450420)
LLaMA Index is way more than a PDF parser. It's the most widely used RAG tool chain and their cloud looks to be a managed version of that.

Specific to the parser, they do show where tools like those you mentioned fail and their LLM based parser captures the full data the aforementioned miss.

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Re:LlamaCloud and LlamaParse by kurts_mustache on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @10:39AM (#39455111)
Yeah, but their platform is basically a janky PDF parser which is why I don't understand what the hype is about.

It's easy to cherry pick a PDF for marketing purposes and claim you're better. I didn't miss it, I just don't believe marketing announcements at face value. I tried their parser on a PDF with a bit of complex formatting like multiple columns, tables and a couple images and it choked, spitting out one big markdown header with jumbled text. Not impressed.

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