HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Octave I tellige ce plc (Nasdaq: OCTV), a global leade i softwa e fo the wo ld’s missio c itical facilities a d i f ast uctu e, has lau ched Octave CoLabs, a collabo ative, custome -led i ovatio p og am to eimagi e how Octave a d its custome s wo k togethe by applyi g age tic AI a d ew i ovatio methodologies i to pa ticipati g custome s’ co e ope atio al wo kflows.
CoLabs embeds Octave’s p oduct a d tech ical leade ship alo gside Octave custome s to develop AI wo kflows g ou ded i the custome ’s eal data a d actual ope atio s to c eate scalable AI i ovatio s.
“I dust ial o ga izatio s eed help cutti g th ough the AI hype to fi d solutio s that d ive eal busi ess value,” said Jay Alla dyce, Chief P oduct Office at Octave. “CoLabs puts Octave’s domai expe ie ce di ectly i to the t e ches alo gside ou custome s. Togethe , we build co text-awa e AI applicatio s that delive p oductio – eady applicatio s with a clea path to scale.”
I dust ial o ga izatio s a e sitti g o decades of siloed ope atio al data, f om desig & e gi ee i g data a d mai te a ce logs to ope atio al ala m a d eve t histo ies. CoLabs develops f amewo ks with custome s to leve age that data, u locki g AI’s pote tial a d d ivi g bette etu s o digital t a sfo matio i vestme ts.
The p og am, u by teams composed of both Octave a d custome employees, moves f om a i itial idea to a fu ctio i g solutio with defi ed a d validated be efits. Each e gageme t u s 11 weeks a d focuses o delive i g use cases that have demo st ated eco omic be efit fo the custome . Th oughout the p ocess, teams e gage i ew ways of wo ki g to solve custome p oblems usi g a st uctu ed f amewo k that allows fo multiple ite atio s of ideas that delive ta gible value, quickly.
I itial pa ticipati g custome s i clude Bechtel a d Fluo .
To lead the p og am, Octave has appoi ted Da B e a as Vice P eside t of Custome I ovatio . B e a b i gs a exte sive eco d of buildi g a d scali g ac oss i dust ial secto s. He most ece tly se ved as Se io Vice P eside t a d Ge e al Ma age of Bake HughesC3.ai, whe e he a chitected o e of the la gest AI pa t e ships i the e e gy secto .
“The compa ies that defi e the ext ge e atio of heavy i dust y will use AI to help decide what should happe a d why, befo e the cost of bei g w o g becomes i eve sible,” said B e a . “We a e excited to pa t e closely with ou custome s to deploy digital labo that easo s ac oss complex i dust ial systems.”
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Octave p ovides missio -c itical softwa e that empowe s o ga izatio s to make i fo med decisio s ac oss eve y stage of the asset lifecycle — Desig , Build, Ope ate a d P otect — whe e pe fo ma ce, safety, a d eliability a e o – egotiable a d failu e is ot a optio .
Tu i g complex ope atio al data i to actio able i tellige ce, Octave co ects expe tise, eal-wo ld co ditio s a d e te p ise-scale i sight to imp ove pe fo ma ce, esilie ce a d i cide t espo se whe e it matte s most.
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