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Over the past few weeks, Octane Solutions ran AI roundtables with finance leaders in Perth and Melbourne. No decks, no slideware, no "AI 101." Instead, we sat down with CFOs and their teams, showed them real AI models solving real finance problems, and let the conversation go wherever it needed to go. That last part mattered more than we expected. These sessions weren't a pitch delivered at finance executives — they were a conversation with them. And what came back was some of the most candid, useful feedback we've heard on where finance actually stands with AI today. The format: show, don't ...

When the Room Agrees: AI is Reshaping Finance — But Only If Your Foundation is Ready There are conferences where you hear ideas you've never encountered before. And there are conferences where the room puts language to things you've been seeing in practice — where the conversations happening on stage mirror almost exactly what you've been building with clients behind the scenes. Today's Gartner Finance & Accounting Symposium in Sydney was firmly the latter. I attended a standout panel session that brought together three of the sharpest finance leaders in the room: Matt Clifford, GM ...

Hello Octane clients, partners, and friends — and hello to our own Octane crew reading this too. As we wrap up 2025, we wanted to share a year-in-review that’s equal parts thank you, celebration, and “wait… did we really do all that?” 😄 This year was big. Big learning, big delivery, big growth, big laughs, and a few late nights fuelled by coffee, deadlines, and the occasional “just one more slide” moment. So here it is: the story of Octane 2025 — what we achieved, what we built, and why we’re genuinely pumped about what’s coming next. 🏆 Awards, Recognition, and Some Serious Global Moments ...

It’s an amazing feeling as we gear up to celebrate Octane’s 5th anniversary. What started as an idea and nurtured by me and my senior leaders is fast transforming into an established and growing enterprise. Five years is usually a significant milestone in a startup’s life as it pushes you into a grown-up zone. It’s been an exciting journey and the pandemic indeed threw some curveballs at us. From Macquarie to Octane I am often asked about the motivation to resign from Macquarie Group to start Octane. Macquarie was an excellent learning ground to nurture one’s entrepreneurial fire. I found a ...