A verdict in minutes, in the pipeline.
Runs next to your build and tests, on every change the AI makes.
Proving mission-critical code still behaves correctly after an AI tool rewrites it, with evidence a regulator can inspect.
Product preview: Refinery flags an AI change to INTEREST-CALC that moved the overdraft threshold from 5,000 to 9,000, and asks a person to accept it or return it to the developer.
Product preview. Example change, not real customer data.
An AI tool can rewrite a COBOL program in minutes, and checking what it actually changed is still one person reading it line by line.
Product preview, in eight steps: an AI tool edits INTEREST-CALC; Refinery maps the programs, copybooks, datasets and batch jobs linked to it; it maps everything the change reaches, four programs and two batch jobs, and checks the changed program; it finds that line 213 moved the overdraft threshold from 5,000 to 9,000, so a balance of 5,001 is charged 25.00 before and 0.00 after; Explain answers in plain words; the change manager accepts it as intended and signs; the certificate lands on the pull request and the change ticket; the next change to INTEREST-CALC arrives with that decision, who made it and why.
Any tool, or any person, edits one program. It compiles, but other programs and nightly jobs depend on it, and nobody has checked what it now does.
It reads the programs, copybooks and batch jobs in your source, and how they connect, so it sees a change in context, the way your most experienced engineer would.
Not just the edited line: the programs that call it, the copybooks and data it shares, and the jobs downstream, so you know what to retest before it ships.
Line 213 moved a threshold from 5,000 to 9,000. Run both versions on a balance of 5,001 and the charge drops from 25.00 to nothing.
Ask in plain words and get a plain answer, so the person deciding does not need an engineer beside them.
They accept the change as intended or send it back. Either way the decision is recorded under their name, and an accepted change gets a signed certificate.
The certificate and the evidence pack land on the pull request and the change ticket, ready for the change board and for audit.
Every accepted change is remembered, with who accepted it and why. The next change to that program arrives with what was decided before.
Product preview. Example change, not real customer data.
Product preview. Example change, not real customer data.
Engineering, risk, compliance and the business work from the same evidence, on the same change.
Runs next to your build and tests, on every change the AI makes.
The certificate and evidence pack sit on the ticket, so the board decides on facts.
Every change, every check and every sign-off in one place, ready for audit.
See how much AI work reaches production safely, and where people still step in.
The same release decision, without the wait or the guesswork.
| Aspect | Manual review today | With Refinery |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Days to weeks of specialist review | Minutes |
| Coverage | A sample gets a close look | Every change checked |
| Record | A tick in a ticket | A signed certificate anyone can verify |
| Assurance | Trust the reviewer | Proof and evidence a regulator can inspect |
| Your code | Sent out to review tools | Nothing leaves the bank |
The platforms rewriting your COBOL also supply the evidence that the rewrite was safe. They test well, and they test themselves.
It checks code written by any AI tool or person, and has no stake in the answer.
Product names and logos are trademarks of their owners. Refinery is not affiliated with them.It maps the programs and jobs a change reaches, so you retest what actually changed.
It proves the calculations match for every value the fields can hold, or hands you an input that breaks them.
Every accepted change is remembered with its reason, so the next change to that program arrives with what was decided before, and why.
See how that compares to AI migrations, code gates and manual review →
Every change, every check, and every sign-off in a single view your risk team can read without an engineer sitting next to them.
Verdicts and sign-offs, together with the code they cover.
Product preview. Example changes, not real customer data.
The journey so far
Refinery has grown through programmes and communities spanning mainframe technology, cyber resilience and ambitious company-building.
Selected for the Manchester programme helping security-focused startups build stronger, more resilient companies.
Accepted into the cohort for startups building on IBM Z and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
Backed by the European founder collective and selected for the first OpenAI Hacker House in London.