Extend Pivots Document Parsing to Layout-First Architecture for AI Agents

Extend shipped Parse 2.0 in May 2026, a layout-first document parsing API that preserves spatial structure and hierarchical relationships before serialization—a shift from text-first approaches that collapse multi-column layouts and nested tables into degraded streams. The change addresses a real constraint: language models reasoning over extracted content are sensitive to structural coherence. Competitors have made similar pivots, but Extend's agent-oriented API, real-world benchmark, and open-source UI components form a coherent positioning.