# Unstructured upgrades Transform, says it beats three frontier models on tables

> Source: <https://runtimewire.com/article/unstructured-transform-document-parsing-agent-workflows>
> Published: 2026-10-21 23:31:04+00:00

# Unstructured upgrades Transform, says it beats three frontier models on tables

**Founder Brian Raymond says the rebuilt parsing pipelines beat three frontier models on tables in a 224-page company test, though the methodology remains vendor-reported.**

        By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)
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Primary source: [Aligned News - AI Intelligence](https://x.com/_Brian_Raymond/status/2112993839782973685)

## Why it matters

Unstructured is selling a specialized parsing step for agent workflows where a misplaced table value can change a downstream decision. Its benchmark favors Transform on tables, but the sample and scoring rules are company-reported, so customers still need to test it on their own documents.

Unstructured has upgraded Transform, its document-parsing product, with rebuilt pipelines and models aimed at keeping tables, forms and scans usable in AI workflows. Founder and CEO [Brian S. Raymond (@_Brian_Raymond)](https://x.com/_Brian_Raymond?ref=runtimewire) framed the October 21st release around a practical problem: a model can read the words on a page and still attach a number to the wrong row.

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