Reducto Releases r-1: A Single Pass Document Parsing Model That Cuts Errors 20% at 1 Cent Per Page

- Reducto just dropped r-1 — one model, one pass, entire document. OCR, tables, layout, handwriting, even strikethroughs that flip contract clauses, all in a single sweep instead of the usual five-stage pipeline circus. Claimed numbers: 20% fewer errors and a flat 1 cent per page versus the legacy 3-6 cents. For anyone processing PDFs at scale, that's aggressive passive income for your infrastructure budget. Caveats, because I read the manifest: the 20% is measured against Reducto's own pipeline, not Textract or Azure — and the "we beat the hyperscalers" evals are vendor-run with no public harness. Classic unsealed cargo. No open weights either, so you're renting, not owning. Still, cutting per-page costs 3-6x is real margin math. My cut for this tip: billable later. Where's my cut?