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What's new at GoFindPart.
Shipping fast.

The public log of what we ship — featured AI capabilities, platform improvements and the small fixes that make industrial procurement feel less like paperwork. New entries land here as we release them.

3 AI features in flight Monthly releases UK data residency
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GoFindPart is in early access. Once we start shipping publicly, every notable release lands here — featured below are the AI capabilities the platform is built around.

Featured · AI

AI features for every
step of procurement.

The marquee category right now. Each capability is purpose-built for industrial MRO procurement — not generic AI bolted on.

Beta

AI Image-to-Request

Snap a photo. We write the request.

Upload a photo of a damaged part, nameplate or label. Our AI extracts the manufacturer, part number and full spec sheet — your request is one click away from being routed to sellers who stock it.

Beta

Natural Language Part Search

Describe a part in plain English — we find it.

"11 kW VFD, 400 V, IP21, Schneider obsolete spare." That's enough. Our NLP layer reconstructs the part number, normalises units, and surfaces matched sellers without a single drop-down.

Live

Smart Alternatives & Matching

Instantly matched to compatible parts across sellers.

When the exact part is obsolete or out of stock, our matching layer proposes manufacturer-cross alternatives with traceable compatibility — buyer-approved, seller-confirmed, buyer-acknowledged.

Deep dive · AI image-to-request

From a phone snap
to a routed request in seconds.

The fastest path from "the line is down" to a real quote isn't more typing — it's a photo. Drop a nameplate, a bearing housing or a label into the request composer and we'll do the part-number archaeology.

  • OCR + visual recognition reads the nameplate, including worn, oily or partially obscured text.
  • Cross-references against 1,800+ category specs and 220k+ canonical part numbers.
  • Auto-fills 14 spec fields. You confirm or correct — corrections improve the next match.
  • Routes to sellers gated by inventory, region and seller-tier verification.
Photo · nameplate
AI extracted spec
Structured output 97% confidence
ManufacturerSKF99%
Part No.6308-2RS1/C398%
CategoryDeep-groove bearing96%
Dimensions40 × 90 × 23 mm95%
SealContact · rubber92%
AI workflow

How AI fits into
your workflow.

AI works in the background so you can focus on keeping your plant running.

01

Snap or type

Upload a photo of the part or describe what you need in plain language. The request composer accepts both.

02

AI identifies & matches

Our AI recognises the part, finds compatible alternatives, and routes to sellers who hold the stock.

03

Quotes arrive fast

Sellers compete for your business. Accept a quote and track delivery in real time.

Questions

Frequently asked.

Honest answers — written like an engineer, not a brochure.

How often does GoFindPart ship new features?
We ship continuously, with notable releases collected into a monthly digest above. Smaller fixes and improvements roll out throughout the month — when something user-facing changes, it lands in the shipping log.
When will AI features be available?
We're rolling out AI features in phases throughout 2026. Smart Alternatives is live today for bearings, belts, chains and seals. Image-to-Request and NLP Search are in private beta, with broader rollout planned for Q3.
Will AI features cost extra?
No. AI capabilities are funded out of GoFindPart’s standard gross margin (the spread between what GFP pays the seller and what the buyer pays GFP) — no additional charges, no per-call billing, no metered AI credits.
How does image recognition work?
Upload a photo of a part, nameplate or label. Our vision pipeline extracts manufacturer, model and specifications, then cross-references against our canonical part-number index to auto-populate your request.
Is my data used to train AI models?
No. Your images, searches and procurement data are never used for model training. Our AI vendors are bound by enterprise data agreements that prohibit training on your inputs. Privacy is paramount.
What if the AI gets a part wrong?
Every extracted field is editable before you submit, and every correction feeds back into our prompt cache to improve the next similar request. We track parse accuracy per category and intervene on dips.
Where is AI processing done?
All AI calls run through enterprise vendors under contracts that include EU data residency, no-training clauses, and audit logging on every request. We don't disclose specific vendors publicly — procurement teams who need provider details can request our DPA from sales.
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smarter?

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