Glimmer
InactiveAI search for massive PDFs
About
Glimmer is a new way to search massive PDFs using AI. If you've ever dealt with massive PDFs (i.e. over 1,000 pages), you know how broken search can be. You have no choice but to use “Cmd-F” and manually sift through thousands of search results to find specific information. Professionals in construction, law, finance, and healthcare spend hours doing this every day. Glimmer makes searching these large documents 10x easier. When you upload a PDF, Glimmer uses AI to intelligently index your documents. You can then search your PDF in natural language and get answers with verifiable page sources. You can get started with Glimmer for free with any kind of PDF at withglimmer.com.
Founders · 2
Praneeth is the co-founder and CEO of Glimmer. Previously, he built computer vision widgets at Palantir and launched the first AI video editing tool for Facebook Reels at Meta. Praneeth graduated from UIUC with a computer science degree where where he and his co-founder built software for nonprofits together.
AmazonArman is the co-founder and CTO of Glimmer. Previously, he worked on corporate cards at Mercury, the first-ever BNPL debit card at Affirm, and helped launch AWS's Heroku competitor, AppRunner. Arman studied Computer Science & Economics at UIUC. He spent most of his free time in college building software for nonprofits, and most of his free time in high school reselling sneakers and building an app that he sold to his high school.
Launch
Glimmer makes searching large documents 10x easier.
Glimmer announces a self-serve AI-powered search tool for large PDFs (up to 10k pages) that allows natural-language queries with verifiable page sources, targeting professionals in construction, law, finance, and healthcare who work with massive documents. Users upload PDFs for free and receive answers sourced from their documents.
From the original launch (Mar 2024) — may be outdated.
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