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The future of convenience retail.

Give every store an AI workforce that runs the day-to-day operations. Less chasing. Less checking.
More work getting done.

Become a Founding Operator

4–10x+estimated ROI

Zerooverhead to scale

$1/hrstarting cost to hire Octane

Catch the leaks before they become losses.

Every SKU scanned nightly
Ranked by dollars at stake
Fixed before it compounds

Incorrect pricesLow-stock itemsMissing invoicesMargin erosionStale inventoryFuel-price gapsUnplanned overtimeVendor discrepanciesPromotion leakageExpired permits Incorrect pricesLow-stock itemsMissing invoicesMargin erosionStale inventoryFuel-price gapsUnplanned overtimeVendor discrepanciesPromotion leakageExpired permits

Unfinished store tasksUnusual cash activityDelivery shortagesDuplicate vendor chargesMissed vendor creditsInventory shrinkageExpired productsLabor coverage gapsLottery discrepanciesCigarette rebate misses Unfinished store tasksUnusual cash activityDelivery shortagesDuplicate vendor chargesMissed vendor creditsInventory shrinkageExpired productsLabor coverage gapsLottery discrepanciesCigarette rebate misses

On margin Leaking

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Meet Octane

Octane is an AI workforce built for convenience stores.

Think of it as a team of 10+ AI employees, each responsible for a different part of your operation: from pricing and inventory to invoices, fuel, cash, labor, and more. They work around the clock and get real work done. Your team steps in only when a decision or action inside the store is needed.

A few ways Octane gets the work done.

Illustrative

Text an invoice. Protect your margin.

Octane reads every line, catches cost changes, and updates retail prices in your POS using your margin rules. Instantly.

INVOICE PROCESSINGPricing AutomationPOS Sync

9:41

‹

Octane ›

Text Message · Today 9:41

✓

Delivered

Got it! 🧾 Reading the R&K invoice now — all 20 lines…

Heads up — 2 costs up, 1 down. That's ~$186/mo at today's prices. Bump the retails to maintain our margins?

Yes, go for it👍

Done ✅ 3 new prices live on the POS!

＋ iMessage

R&K R&K DistributingInvoice #560995 · Jan 15 $734.55

✓ Agent reading invoice Checking against price book 3 cost changes found Pushing updates to POS Price book up to date

✓Valid invoice · 20 line items

✓17 items match your price book

!3 cost changes flagged

Bud Light 4/6 16oz$27.15 → $28.45margin −1.7%

Mich Ultra 2/12$25.20 → $26.15margin −1.4%

Budweiser 15/18oz$23.10 → $22.50margin +0.9%

✓3 retails updated · Gilbarco POS

✓ VendorR&K Distr. ✓ DateJan 15 ✓ Line items20 ✓ Total$734.55

Never sell out of what sells.

Octane constantly watches inventory levels, prepares orders for items below minimum, and sends the PO after you approve.

Demand ForecastingORDER DRAFTING

Inventory agent Runs on its own · last scan 2:00 AM, nobody asked

✓ Scanning 4,182 SKUs against minimums 3 SKUs below minimum Drafting purchase order Emailed to you for approval PO confirmed · delivery Thu

Marlboro Gold · ctn2 left · min 8Low

Red Bull 12oz · 24ct5 left · min 12Low

Celsius 16oz4 left · min 10Low

Snickers King46 · min 12✓

Monster 16oz28 · min 10✓

Purchase order drafted #2214 · Core-Mark · 3 items $766.79 Sent ✓ Approved ✓

Octane · Inventory agent6:04 AM

Approval needed — PO #2214 to Core-Mark

Three of your movers are below minimum. The order is drafted and ready to send.

Marlboro Gold ctn × 6$524.40

Red Bull 12oz 24ct × 4$152.64

Celsius 16oz cs × 5$89.75

Total$766.79

Approve order Review in Octane

✓Sent to Core-Mark · truck lands Thursday, 7 AM

Set the right street price.

Octane calculates your true delivered cost and tracks competitor prices to recommend the right price for every grade.

Fuel PricingCompetitor Intel

Your store

📍 Pinewood #8

✓ Pulling stations around you Analyzing competitor prices Pricing suggestion ready Pushing to Gilbarco POS Margin protected

Pricing suggestion

Regular 87$3.09 → $3.15

Street range is $3.15–$3.20 — you’d still be the cheapest sign in town.

+$0/mo margin at current gallons

✓ Live on terminals

You$3.09$3.15

$3.15

$3.19

$3.18

$3.20

Henderson, TX

Every register. Every shift. Every dollar.

Octane matches sales, drawers, safe drops, payouts, and deposits; and flags anything that does not reconcile.

Daily CloseCash LedgerShift Reports

9:41

‹

Octane ›

Text Message · Today 10:04 PM

Hey! Store’s closed 🌙 Time to tally today’s cash ledger. Want me to run it?

Let’s do it.

All tallied ✅ $15,154 today · 29.4% blended margin · drawer short just $4.20. Ledger’s closed and posted.

Great, can you send me the full Daily Close Summary report?

Already emailed you :)

Perfect, goodnight 🌙❤️

＋ iMessage

✓ Pulling tonight’s numbers Tallying the ledger Texting you the summary Ledger closed · balanced

✓POS sales pulled · $8,412 inside

✓Fuel sales · 2,140 gal · $6,742

✓Cash drawer counted · $1,285

✓Margins computed · 29.4% blended

✓Inventory reconciled · 4,182 SKUs

Cash reconciliationWednesday · Jul 30 Balanced ✓

Inside sales$8,412.40

Fuel · 2,140 gal$6,742.10

Cash counted$1,285.20

Over / short−$4.20

Talk to your business. It talks back.

On the drive between stores? Call Octane hands-free. Get the morning rundown, dig into what’s off, and have the fix booked before you park.

Voice ModeLive AnswersHands-Free

9:41

Octane Car Bluetooth · Hands-free 0:00

YouMorning Octane — how are the stores doing?

OctanePretty good! Sales up 6% overall. #4 and #8 are cruising.

OctaneHenderson’s the soft one — fuel volume down 12%.

YouHm, what’s going on there?

Octane4 of the 8 pumps have been offline since 6:40 last night.

YouUgh. Can you get someone on it?

OctaneGilbarco tech is booked for 11 AM — I’ll text you when they’re back up.

YouPerfect. Tell Maria I’ll swing by around noon.

OctaneDone, she’s expecting you. Safe drive! 🚗

mute keypad audio end

✓ On the call with you Pulling this morning’s numbers Digging into Henderson Booking the pump service All handled · enjoy the drive

Morning rundownFuel volume · today vs last Tue

Pinewood #41,980 gal +8%

Pinewood #81,840 gal +6%

Henderson1,120 gal −12%

Henderson · root cause4 of 8 pumps offline Found

Offline sinceYesterday 6:40 PM

Pumps down2, 3, 6, 7

Est. impact−$450/day

Service callGilbarco tech · ASAP Booked ✓

Tech on siteToday · 11:00 AM

MariaLooped in ✓

What changes when Octane gets to work.

Measurable store-level impact . Real customer stories

4–5 hrsMan-hours saved every day

$100K+Annual value per store

4–10×Return on investment

“If Octane can get my managers out from behind the computer and back onto the store floor, that’s a win for us. I didn’t hire them to become paperwork experts, I hired them to run profitable stores.”

Alex M.Multi-store operator

Many messy systems. Don’t talk to each other. All of it on you. Octane pulls every system into one brain. Octane runs the store end to end — you just approve.

IMG_0412 · from the overnight guy

RK_invoice_scan_FINAL(2).pdf✕

inventory_count_v1

inventory_count_v2

inventory_count_FINAL_v3.xlsx

Gilbarco · price update

Regular 87

3.09

Diesel

3.79

⚠ Password expired — see manager

Back office · item file

BUD LT 4/6 16OZ  27.15
MICH ULT 2/12   26.15
RED BULL 24CT   38.16

Payroll · week 31

Ana$1,240

Luis$980

Sam$1,105

Overtime?—

599 Western Family Thick Sliced Bacon card price 4.89 · save 1.10

LLeah Did the Core-Mark order ever go out?

OOmar hey quick question

1,847 unpaid invoices

Re: Price change approval…

📁🔥 invoices to key in

PDF shelf_tags_to_print.pdf

Margin protection

$3.09$3.15Live ✓

Regular 87 · street $3.15–$3.20

Stockouts

Red Bull 12oz2 left

Min 12 · Core-MarkPO #2214 sent ✓

Octane agent

✓Reading R&K invoice #560995

✓20 lines checked against price book

!3 cost changes found

Update retails

✓3 new prices live on Gilbarco

You’re all set.

Approve ✓

Cash reconciliation

Inside + fuel$15,154

Over / short−$4.20

Balanced ✓

Value calculator

See the value your operation is leaving behind.

Directional

Stores

Monthly inside sales / store $100K

Monthly fuel volume / store 80,000 gal

Repetitive work each week / store

Choose the closest fit—we’ll estimate the hours.

OccasionalA few tasks each day RegularPart of most shifts HeavySeveral hours each day

Monthly technology spend / store

< $200 $200–$500 $500–$1K > $1K

Updated figures briefly highlight

Total annual value

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Inside sales—

Fuel—

Technology—

Adjacent operations—

Directional estimate based on your inputs and typical-store benchmarks.
Results assume a representative store. A full value-at-stake assessment is run store by store once Octane can read your data.

See what a full store diagnosis can uncover.

Request a concise sample of how Octane examines pricing, inventory, product availability, labor and controls—then turns the findings into a prioritized action plan.

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Keep your systems. Stop working inside them.

Octane is built in a way to operate either standalone or as an AI operating layer on top of your existing systems. No rip and replace.

Point of sale

Reads operational data and writes approved changes directly back.

Back office

Works alongside your BOS while it remains the system of record.

Accounting

Automatically syncs invoices, payments, and financial records.

Security

Safety, security & privacy are our core design principles building Octane.

Your data stays private. Never sold, never used to train models
Encrypted end to end. Strict access controls and guardrails
Human always in the loop, and in control. Full observability.

Technology partners

Leading technology, security, and industry platforms help power Octane.

Inception Program Member
Approved Vendor
Voice Technology
Security & Compliance

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Continuously expanding the list of integrations to plug into whatever you run...

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$1/hr Starting rate · Charged monthly · per store Early access rate · founding partners only

Become a founding operator

Job responsibilities

Keep margins healthy and prices current
Process invoices and catch vendor mistakes
Keep shelves stocked and orders moving
Watch fuel costs, competitors, and street prices
Reconcile cash and account for every dollar
Track promotions, rebates, labor, and store performance
Reduce theft, shrink, and wastage
Chase tasks, vendors, deadlines, and paperwork
Assist on the hundred other little things that keep stores running

24×7. No shifts, no sick days.
Any store, anywhere.
Reports to you for decisions and judgment.

The future of convenience retail.

See the vision of Octane.

Catch the leaks before they become losses.

Meet Octane

A few ways Octane gets the work done.

Text an invoice. Protect your margin.

Never sell out of what sells.

Set the right street price.

Launch a promotion with one text.

Every register. Every shift. Every dollar.

Talk to your business. It talks back.

What changes when Octane gets to work.

Many messy systems. Don’t talk to each other. All of it on you. Octane pulls every system into one brain. Octane runs the store end to end — you just approve.

See the value your operation is leaving behind.

See what a full store diagnosis can uncover.

Keep your systems. Stop working inside them.

Point of sale

Back office

Accounting

Security

Technology partners

Continuously expanding the list of integrations to plug into whatever you run...

Hire Octane

Ready to run your convenience stores with Octane?