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R&D innovation path

Turn a genuine technical unknown into a testable plan.

Where a business is undertaking genuine experimental AI development, BobStack may help structure the technical work as an R&D program. Any R&DTI eligibility or claim is assessed separately and depends on its activities, evidence, expenditure and professional advice.

Discuss the technical problem

Who this path may suit

Your team cannot determine the technical outcome in advance using available knowledge.

Leadership is willing to drive the development and take part in the experiments.

The team will record hypotheses, tests, observations and conclusions as the work happens.

What this path is not

It does not guarantee R&DTI eligibility, registration, a tax benefit or a refund.

It does not turn routine AI implementation into R&D.

BobStack does not provide tax or legal advice. Independent advisers assess eligibility and claims.

The experimental loop

Test, observe, decide, then test again.

The aim is not to make the project sound innovative. It is to reduce uncertainty through disciplined tests and keep a defensible record of what the team learned.

The experimental path is evidence-led. Each cycle should make the technical uncertainty, learning and next decision clearer.
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Question

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Hypothesis

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Experiment

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Observation

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Decision

Your business

Owns the problem, experiments and evidence

BobStack

Structures the technical work

Independent adviser

Assesses eligibility and claims separately

How the roles work

Keep technical delivery and eligibility advice separate.

Clear roles protect the integrity of both the development work and any later R&DTI assessment.

Your business

Drives the development

Owns the problem, runs the experiments and keeps the evidence. The innovation is specific to the business.

BobStack

Structures the technical work

Helps frame the uncertainty, design the technical approach and organise the work as a coherent experimental program.

Independent adviser

Assesses eligibility and compliance

Handles R&DTI eligibility, registration and claim advice separately from BobStack's technical role.

R&DTI eligibility depends on the activities, evidence and expenditure of each business, and is assessed with independent professional advice. BobStack does not provide tax or legal advice, and nothing on this page guarantees any incentive outcome.

Evidence by design

Do not rebuild the experiment after the fact.

Make evidence part of the work: what the team believed, what it tested, what it observed and why it chose the next step.

  • A dated register of technical uncertainties and hypotheses.
  • Experiment plans with expected observations and decision criteria.
  • Versioned artifacts, test results, failures and unexpected outcomes.
  • Decision notes that connect the evidence to the next iteration.
  • Clear separation between technical records, commercial decisions and tax advice.

Standard implementation

Use known methods to improve a known workflow.

Choose this path when the team can map the desired result and technical approach with reasonable confidence.

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Experimental development

Investigate a technical outcome you cannot know yet.

Choose this path when systematic tests are needed before the team can know whether or how the capability can work.

Bring us the technical question you cannot answer yet.

We'll help map the experimental work and connect you with independent advice on whether an R&DTI pathway may fit.

Discuss the technical problem

A short, practical conversation. No obligation.