AI for metal trading

Your next order is buried in your inbox.

Vanadio plugs into Outlook, finds every RFQ, and turns messy emails, PDFs and spreadsheets into structured line items your team can price in minutes, not hours.

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Your inbox, classified 6 messages
procurement@steinberg-stahlbau.de 09:24RFQ RE: Request for quote: S355MC, 4mm × 1250mm Looking for 40 tons of hot-rolled coil, delivery week 17…
j.meier@breitner-fahrzeugbau.de 08:41RFQ New RFQ: cold rolled DC04 Please quote for 18 tons, 1.5mm × 1000mm, lead time ASAP…
newsletter@stahl-markt.de 08:02NOT RFQ Weekly steel market update: April Flat carbon spot prices, outlook on tariffs and raw…
supply@mueller-stahl.de YesterdayORDER PO 4512: DP600 call-off Q2 Confirming call-off per framework, five dimensions attached…
quality@reimer-stahl.de YesterdayCLAIM Claim: surface defects on coil 8842 Scratches found on unwinding, photos attached, please advise…
k.lang@lang-metall.de 2 days agoRFQ RFQ: S500MC coils, urgent Production line ramp-up, need 60 tons by week 16…
01 · The problem

Quoting is manual, data is scattered, prices are gut feel.

Sales reps should sell, not retype emails. Here is what happens to an RFQ while they are busy.

09:24

The RFQ arrives

40 tons of S355MC, delivery week 17. Buried between newsletters and claims.

RFQ
11:30

Still unread

Your rep is at a customer visit. Three more inquiries land behind it.

OPEN
15:10

Retyping begins

Back at the desk: copy grades and dimensions into Excel, look up the last price, draft the offer.

MANUAL
16:45

Too late

The customer confirms elsewhere. A faster quote won.

LOST
Every day. In every inbox. 2 to 3 hours per rep. With Vanadio the same RFQ is structured and ready to price at 09:25.
02 · The product

From inbox to quote, automatically.

1

Classify

Vanadio connects to your Outlook inbox and classifies incoming email: RFQs, orders, claims, call-offs, certificates. Read-only access. Your emails stay in your inbox.

2

Extract

Our LLM engine, optimized for metals, turns free-text inquiries, PDFs, and spreadsheets into structured line items.

3

Quote

Line items are matched against your catalogue, inventory, and pricing logic. Quotes write back to your ERP. Vanadio prepares, your team decides.

From: procurement@steinberg-stahlbau.de · Subject: RE: Request for quote

Hello, following up from the call. We need 40 tons of hot-rolled coil S355MC, 4.0mm × 1250mm, delivery week 17.

If available, please also offer 12 t of DC01, 2.0mm × 1000mm, for week 18. Prices DAP Siegen please.

Extracted line items 98.5% extraction accuracy
GradeThicknessWidthQuantityDelivery
S355MC4.0 mm1250 mm40 tWeek 17
DC012.0 mm1000 mm12 tWeek 18

Every quote makes the next one smarter.

03 · In production

Measurable outcomes with our partners.

No pilots that go nowhere. These are systems in production today.

70%
time saved per sales rep
Steel service center · €1bn revenue · Germany
+€1m
working capital freed in 2025
Cold roller · €700m revenue · Europe + US
more RFQs handled per sales rep
International trading house · €13.5bn revenue
04 · Data security

Your data stays in Europe. Protected and GDPR compliant.

GDPR and EU-law compliant
Hosted in the EU
Data processing agreement (DPA/AVV)
No data sent to third-party LLMs
Encrypted in transit and at rest
Strict tenant separation
Data deleted on request and at offboarding
Never used to train models for others
ISO 27001 certification in progress

See your own inbox, classified.

We set it up on real inquiries and you watch the extraction live. Pilot in four weeks. Decide when the numbers convince you.

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