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Show HN: AI middleware that translates SOAP/XML – REST and reduces token by 90%

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Show HN: AI middleware that translates SOAP/XML – REST and reduces token by 90%

Post by Ugyen_Tech » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 6:32 PM UTC

After 17 failed startups, built this solving our own problem integrating AI agents with my clients banking systems. Hopeless api helps turn SOAP/XML into clean REST JSON for AI agents also with ~70% token cost reduction.

Show HN: AI middleware that translates SOAP/XML – REST and reduces token by 90%
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Re: Show HN: AI middleware that translates SOAP/XML – REST and reduces token by 90%

Post by Ugyen_Tech » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 7:06 PM UTC

Hi, Ugyen here from Bhutan... I have been working on an interesting problem that I repeatedly faced while building AI agents for banks and airlines. Their systems were very old and outdated, which made integration extremely difficult. To solve this, I started building a gateway between modern AI agents and these legacy systems...

While working on this, I realized many others might be also facing the same issue, so I decided to turn it into a product. As an added benefit, it also optimizes and reduces payloads to include only what the AI agent actually needs and helping significantly reduce API costs.

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