The founder story

A closed-loop marketing engine,
powered by video and perfected by people.

Co-founder John Linss on why Octaneon exists, how it turns knowledge a brand already owns into useful communication, and why human approval stays in the loop.

Founder story · John Linss 3:06

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What we believe

Four principles
behind the product.

01

Your brand already knows what to say.

Websites, documents and video hold more than most teams use. The work starts there, not from a blank prompt.

02

Relevance beats volume.

No AI slop. Each output should answer something the audience actually needs, in the brand’s own voice.

03

Octaneon proposes. People approve.

Auto-generate and auto-post are off by default, and every public action passes human review.

04

Every result should improve the next message.

Activity that doesn’t compound is wasted. Audience response belongs in the next brief, not in a report nobody reads.

Portrait of John Linss

Co-Founder

John Linss

Co-Founder of Octaneon.

Portrait of Kirk Holmes

Co-Founder

Kirk Holmes

Co-Founder of Octaneon.

The company

Octaneon is a product of CoreSpeed LLC.

CoreSpeed was founded in 2004 and has built solutions across many sectors. Our solutions range from advanced technology products such as multi-tenant ecommerce and enterprise platforms to innovative supplement manufacturing. With deep experience in AI and machine learning starting in 2013 with American Big Data, CoreSpeed continues to evolve innovative agentic solutions with human oversight.

In the last few years, CoreSpeed has also built on our extensive experience in the healthcare arena and brought together an ecosystem of technology and manufacturing powered by the strongest technical minds to address population health through elevating standards of care for wellness. This, along with the experience of running a family avocado farm, demanded a solution that provides better efficiency, lower cost, and more effective engagement in social media and content marketing.

Hence, Octaneon was born. Know what resonates!

Shape the product

Founding agencies get a seat on the Octaneon Advisory Council.

Capabilities on the later roadmap are approved after cohort learning.

See founding tiers