diff --git a/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/config.py b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b27716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+EXXETA_API_KEY = "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ0b2tlbiI6IjIzYzA0NGEzOWY5OWIxMjdmODA5ODA0YmMxZTczN2UyIn0.uOD9GhvFl1hqd2B3dyb0IOJ4x_o1IPcMckeQxh2KNj0"
+EXXETA_BASE_URL = "https://ai.exxeta.com/api/v2/azure/openai"
+MODEL_ID = "gpt-35-turbo"
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diff --git a/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/exxeta_api.py b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/exxeta_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3fb069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/exxeta_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from config import EXXETA_API_KEY, EXXETA_BASE_URL
+import requests
+import json
+
+MODEL = "gpt-35-turbo"
+
+def extract_risikoprofil_from_exxeta(pages_json):
+    results = []
+    skipped_pages = []
+
+    for page_data in pages_json:
+        page_num = page_data.get("page")
+        text = page_data.get("text", "").strip()
+
+        prompt = (
+            f"Bitte extrahiere alle Vorkommen von Risikoprofilen wie \"Core\", \"Core+\", "
+            f"\"Core/Core+\", \"Value-added\" oder \"Opportunistisch\" "
+            f"auf **Seite {page_num}** im folgenden Text.\n\n"
+            f"Liefere das Ergebnis NUR als valides JSON-Array:\n"
+            f"[{{\"label\": \"RISIKOPROFIL\", \"entity\": \"Core\", \"page\": {page_num}}}]\n\n"
+            f"Falls keine Risikoprofile vorhanden sind, gib ein leeres Array zurück: []\n\n"
+            f"Keine ESG-Profile oder Carbon-Ziele. Nur Risikoprofilierungen. Keine Kommentare oder Text außerhalb des JSON.\n\n"
+            f"TEXT:\n{text}"
+        )
+
+        headers = {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Authorization": f"Bearer {EXXETA_API_KEY}"
+        }
+
+        payload = {
+            "model": MODEL,
+            "messages": [
+                {"role": "system", "content": "Du bist ein Finanzanalyst, der Fondsprofile auswertet. Antworte nur mit validen JSON-Arrays."},
+                {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
+            ],
+            "temperature": 0.0
+        }
+
+        url = f"{EXXETA_BASE_URL}/deployments/{MODEL}/chat/completions"
+
+        for attempt in range(2):
+            try:
+                response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
+                response.raise_for_status()
+
+                content = response.json()["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
+                content = content.strip()
+
+                if content.startswith("```json"):
+                    content = content.split("```json")[1]
+                if content.endswith("```"):
+                    content = content.split("```")[0]
+                content = content.strip()
+
+                page_results = json.loads(content)
+
+                if page_results:
+                    results.extend(page_results)
+
+                break
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"⚠️ Failed on page {page_num} (attempt {attempt+1}): {e}")
+
+    return results
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diff --git a/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/exxeta_result.json b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/exxeta_result.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba19bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/exxeta_result.json
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+[
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 1
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 2
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 4
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 7
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core+",
+    "page": 7
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Value-added",
+    "page": 7
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core/Core+",
+    "page": 10
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 11
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core+",
+    "page": 11
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Value-added",
+    "page": 11
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 12
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 15
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 15
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 15
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 15
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core/core+",
+    "page": 20
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core/core+",
+    "page": 20
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 24
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core+",
+    "page": 24
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Value-added",
+    "page": 24
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 26
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core+",
+    "page": 26
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Value-added",
+    "page": 26
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 27
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core+",
+    "page": 27
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Opportunistisch",
+    "page": 27
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 34
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 34
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 35
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 35
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 36
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 37
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 37
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 38
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 38
+  }
+]
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diff --git a/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/merge_logic.py b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/merge_logic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6cf2c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/merge_logic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+def normalize_entity(entity_str):
+    if not entity_str:
+        return ""
+    normalized = entity_str.replace('\n', ' ')
+    normalized = ''.join(normalized.lower().split())
+    return normalized
+
+def merge_and_validate_entities(spacy_data, exxeta_data):
+    merged = []
+    seen = set()
+
+    # Process SpaCy entities first
+    for s in spacy_data:
+        s_entity_norm = normalize_entity(s["entity"])
+        s_page = s["page"]
+
+        # Look for matching Exxeta entities
+        found = False
+        for e in exxeta_data:
+            e_entity_norm = normalize_entity(e["entity"])
+            e_page = e["page"]
+
+            # Match if normalized entity and page match
+            if (s["label"] == e["label"] and
+                    s_entity_norm == e_entity_norm and
+                    s_page == e_page):
+
+                merged.append({
+                    "label": s["label"],
+                    "entity": s["entity"],
+                    "page": s_page,
+                    "status": "validated"
+                })
+                seen.add((e["entity"], e_page))
+                found = True
+                break
+
+        # If no match found, add as single-source
+        if not found:
+            merged.append({
+                "label": s["label"],
+                "entity": s["entity"],
+                "page": s_page,
+                "status": "single-source",
+                "source": "spacy"
+            })
+
+    # Add remaining Exxeta entities not already processed
+    for e in exxeta_data:
+        if (e["entity"], e["page"]) not in seen:
+            merged.append({
+                "label": e["label"],
+                "entity": e["entity"],
+                "page": e["page"],
+                "status": "single-source",
+                "source": "exxeta"
+            })
+
+    return merged
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diff --git a/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/merge_validate.py b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/merge_validate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9b2886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/merge_validate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import json
+from spacy_extract import load_spacy_entities
+from exxeta_api import extract_risikoprofil_from_exxeta
+from merge_logic import merge_and_validate_entities
+
+SPACY_PATH = "../fine_tuning_spaCy/entities_output.json"
+PITCHBOOK_PATH = "../ocr/output/Pitchbook 1-OCR.json"
+
+def load_pitchbook_pages():
+    path = Path(PITCHBOOK_PATH)
+    with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
+def save_json(data, filename):
+    with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        json.dump(data, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+def sort_by_page_number(entities):
+    return sorted(entities, key=lambda x: x.get("page", 0))
+
+def run():
+    spacy_entities = load_spacy_entities(SPACY_PATH)
+    pitchbook_pages = load_pitchbook_pages()
+    exxeta_entities = extract_risikoprofil_from_exxeta(pitchbook_pages)
+    save_json(exxeta_entities, "exxeta_result.json")
+    merged = merge_and_validate_entities(spacy_entities, exxeta_entities)
+    merged_sorted = sort_by_page_number(merged)
+    save_json(merged_sorted, "merged_result.json")
+
+    print("\n✅ All done! Files written:")
+    print("- exxeta_result.json")
+    print("- merged_result.json")
+    print(f"- Total entities in merged result: {len(merged_sorted)}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run()
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diff --git a/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/merged_result.json b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/merged_result.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ee2784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/merged_result.json
@@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+[
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 1,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 2,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core and Core+",
+    "page": 4,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 4,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "core, core+, value-added",
+    "page": 7,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 7,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core+",
+    "page": 7,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Value-added",
+    "page": 7,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core/Core+",
+    "page": 10,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "core/core+",
+    "page": 10,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core/Core+",
+    "page": 10,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "UK, DE, BE, NL, LU,",
+    "page": 10,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 11,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core+",
+    "page": 11,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Value-added",
+    "page": 11,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core / Core +",
+    "page": 12,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "core\n/ core+",
+    "page": 12,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "core",
+    "page": 12,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Term / core+",
+    "page": 12,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "core/core+",
+    "page": 12,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "6,4 6,4",
+    "page": 13,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Country /",
+    "page": 14,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core\nCore\nCore\nCore\nCore\nCore\nCore\nCore",
+    "page": 14,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 14,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Country /",
+    "page": 15,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core\nCore\nCore\nCore\nCore\nCore",
+    "page": 15,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 15,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 15,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 15,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 15,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "countries, giving",
+    "page": 18,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "core/core+",
+    "page": 20,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "core/core+",
+    "page": 20,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "D, and",
+    "page": 21,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 24,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core+",
+    "page": 24,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Value-added",
+    "page": 24,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "UK, DE, BE, NL, LU,",
+    "page": 26,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 26,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core+",
+    "page": 26,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Value-added",
+    "page": 26,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "core or",
+    "page": 27,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core +",
+    "page": 27,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 27,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Opportunistisch",
+    "page": 27,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "kgCO,e",
+    "page": 30,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "C,",
+    "page": 32,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 34,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 34,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "KfW, Dwp",
+    "page": 35,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Bank,",
+    "page": 35,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "spacy"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 35,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 35,
+    "status": "single-source",
+    "source": "exxeta"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 36,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 36,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 37,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 37,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 38,
+    "status": "validated"
+  },
+  {
+    "label": "RISIKOPROFIL",
+    "entity": "Core",
+    "page": 38,
+    "status": "validated"
+  }
+]
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diff --git a/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/spacy_extract.py b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/spacy_extract.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ccc818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prototypes/merge_validate-arc2/spacy_extract.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+def load_spacy_entities(path):
+    path = Path(path)
+    with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        return json.load(f)
\ No newline at end of file