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About Octavian

AI is moving into everyday engineering work faster than anyone is checking whether its answers hold up locally.

Octavian tests whether an AI system produces answers that are correct under the national rules and professional practice of the country where the work is actually being done — starting with mechanical and industrial engineering in Germany and the United Kingdom. One sector, two jurisdictions, done properly. Focus is the strategy, not the constraint.

Why us

The three things this business needs, we already have.

We own the businesses we test in

Topp Holdings includes an operating engineering manufacturer, Subsea Energy Solutions — real projects, real client specifications, real standards, real technical documentation. We build and prove the product on our own work before selling a single engagement. Competitors have to guess what routine engineering work looks like.

We have the credibility to define correct

Mechanical engineering leadership with direct experience of ISO 9001 quality systems, tender documentation and the certification regimes this product tests against. Defining what correct means is the hardest part of this business and it cannot be outsourced.

We already run verification infrastructure

Through a related venture, CertCase, we operate a platform verifying professional credentials and availability across Europe. Building a verified expert bench is normally the most expensive part of starting a business like this. For us it is largely already built.

The roadmap

1

Prove it on our own businesses

Build the first test suite on real work inside the group.

2

Publish the benchmark

Nobody has yet built one testing AI on European engineering conventions.

3

First paying clients

EU entity established, certification underway.

4

Productise

Subscription test suites, maintained as standards change.

5

Expand

Adjacent regulated sectors and further jurisdictions.

How we work

Jurisdiction first

Every engagement names its country before it names anything else. Correctness is local; so is our testing.

Everyday work, not exam questions

We test the tasks businesses actually do, because that is where the money and the risk sit.

Plain findings

Reports say what is wrong, which standard or clause says so, and how severe it is. No scores without reasons.

Independence protected

Experts are paid for their judgement, not their agreement. Clients get findings as written.

Built inside a working engineering group

Octavian is part of Topp Holdings, alongside Subsea Energy Solutions, an operating engineering manufacturer, and CertCase, a credential verification platform. The product is proven on the group's own projects first. An EU entity follows with the first clients, as set out in the roadmap.

GroupTopp Holdings
Proving groundSubsea Energy Solutions
VerificationCertCase

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