As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into industrial operations, many engineering organisations are discovering that generic AI tools struggle to meet the strict documentation, traceability, and compliance requirements demanded in highly regulated industries. Sectors such as aerospace, energy, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing rely on complex engineering documentation processes where accuracy, approvals, and audit readiness are critical. Dublin based startup Better Futures is developing AI infrastructure specifically designed for these environments, and the company has now secured fresh funding to expand its platform and commercial operations.
Better Futures has raised €600,000 from private angel investors and Enterprise Ireland through its High Potential Start Up programme. The latest investment brings the company’s total funding raised to date to €1.1 million.
The funding announcement also coincides with the launch of the next generation of EVA™, the company’s AI platform designed to automate trusted engineering documentation workflows.
Addressing a Major Engineering Bottleneck
Headquartered at NovaUCD, Better Futures focuses on AI systems built specifically for regulated engineering environments.
Engineering teams operating across industries such as energy infrastructure, aerospace systems, pharmaceuticals, and advanced manufacturing often face highly complex documentation requirements involving regulatory standards, approvals, compliance checks, and audit processes.
Although generative AI tools can assist with drafting documents, Better Futures argues that most existing AI systems are not designed to reliably produce traceable, structured, and audit ready outputs required in regulated industrial sectors.
The company believes this creates a major operational bottleneck as engineering organisations attempt to modernise workflows while maintaining compliance and quality assurance standards.
Building AI for Trusted Documentation
Better Futures developed EVA™ to automate engineering documentation workflows while embedding regulations, standards, templates, and expert operational knowledge directly into the system.
The platform is designed to generate structured engineering outputs that remain traceable and auditable throughout the documentation lifecycle.
Rather than functioning as a general purpose chatbot or content generation assistant, EVA™ focuses specifically on governed automation for engineering and compliance related workflows.
According to the company, the platform helps organisations reduce manual review cycles, improve consistency across projects, and accelerate documentation processes without sacrificing reliability or regulatory compliance.
Trust and Auditability at the Core
Anthony Mc Loughlin said one of the biggest challenges surrounding AI adoption in engineering environments is trust.
He explained that engineering teams need outputs they can confidently approve, reuse, and audit at scale rather than AI generated content lacking transparency or traceability.
Mc Loughlin described EVA™ as a governed AI platform built specifically to support trusted automation across highly complex engineering documentation workflows rather than simply acting as another AI assistant or chatbot.
The company believes trust, governance, and traceability will become increasingly important as industrial organisations adopt AI systems across mission critical operations.
Early Deployments Across Industry
The latest version of EVA™ builds on deployments with early customers including ABB and Bausch + Lomb.
These deployments have helped shape the platform’s development for broader use across engineering intensive industries where documentation quality and regulatory oversight are essential.
Better Futures says the new generation of EVA™ is intended to support wider adoption across complex engineering environments globally.
Expanding Product and Commercial Operations
The newly raised funding will support expansion of the company’s product development and go to market teams in Dublin while accelerating further development of the EVA™ platform.
The investment will also support customer growth across regulated industries as demand increases for AI systems capable of automating industrial workflows while maintaining compliance standards.
As industrial sectors increasingly adopt AI technologies, companies capable of combining automation with governance, traceability, and regulatory reliability are becoming an important part of the next generation of enterprise infrastructure.
By focusing specifically on engineering documentation and audit ready workflows, Better Futures is positioning itself within a growing category of AI companies building trusted automation systems for highly regulated industries.
