Insights
Perspectives on governed, sovereign AI
Company perspective on governance, sovereignty, evidence and deployment. These are our views — not independent academic research, which belongs to Octopus Research Institute.
architecture6 min
Reversible or not: the core design question for enterprise AI
The most useful way to classify what an AI system may do is by whether the action can be undone.
perspective5 min
Why evidence beats explanations for AI actions
An explanation tells you a plausible story; evidence tells you what actually happened.
governance5 min
The quiet sprawl of model API keys
Scattered model API keys are one of the most common and least examined risks in an organisation adopting AI.
perspective4 min
Sovereignty is not isolation
Retaining meaningful control does not always mean running everything locally. The trade-offs, stated honestly.
governance5 min
You don’t need another agent — you need a governed operating layer
Why the hard part of production AI is everything around the model: identity, policy, evidence and human approval.