LlamaExtract is a newly announced beta service designed to perform structured data extraction from unstructured documents, serving as a key component in data processing for retrieval and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications. Available through both a user interface (UI) and an API for LlamaCloud users, LlamaExtract allows for schema inference from a limited set of documents and facilitates the extraction of values according to a specified schema. This tool is part of a larger effort to address the needs of an emerging data ETL stack for Large Language Model (LLM) applications, emphasizing the importance of metadata extraction in transforming unstructured data. By using LlamaExtract, users can prototype extraction jobs via an intuitive UI or integrate workflows more flexibly through the API, with potential use cases including processing resumes, receipts, invoices, and product pages. As an experimental feature, LlamaExtract is poised for rapid improvement in user experience, scalability, and performance, with plans for enhancements like multimodal extraction and more robust schema handling for lengthy documents. Users can access LlamaExtract without a waitlist by creating an account on LlamaCloud, with resources available to guide them through using the platform.