Advise · Fractional CTO / CAIO
Senior technical judgment — without a full-time hire.
You don't need another vendor pitching tools. You need someone who's shipped AI products to tell you where the budget actually goes, what to build versus buy, and what's hype. We sit in your leadership, set the technical strategy, and stay accountable for the call.
What's included
Everything in the engagement.
AI investment roadmap
A prioritized plan of where AI moves the needle for your business — and where it's a distraction. Sequenced by ROI, not novelty.
Build, buy, or skip
Honest calls on every tool and project. We have no license to resell, so the recommendation serves you, not a margin.
Architecture and hiring guidance
We review your stack and team, set the technical direction, and help you hire the right engineers — and interview them with you.
A seat in leadership
We join your staff meetings and board prep, translate technical risk into business terms, and own the strategy with you.
How it runs
From scope to hand-off.
Diagnose
We audit your stack, team, data, and goals — and find where AI actually pays off versus where it just looks good.
Prioritize
We turn the diagnosis into a sequenced roadmap: what to do this quarter, what to defer, and what to walk away from.
Steer
Recurring sessions where we make the calls with you — architecture, vendors, hires — and adjust as reality lands.
Hand the reins
The goal is to make ourselves optional. As your team matures, we step back to advisory — or fully out.
10+ yrs
building and shipping software
Vendor-neutral
no licenses to resell
Fractional
senior, not full-time cost
FAQ
Common questions.
How is this different from a consultant?+
We don't hand you a deck and leave. We sit in your leadership, make the calls with you, and stay accountable for outcomes.
How much time do we get?+
Scaled to the stage — usually a few days a month, plus recurring strategy sessions and async access for the urgent calls.
Can you also build what you recommend?+
Yes — our engineering team can execute the roadmap. But the advice stands on its own; you're free to build it anywhere.
Do we need a technical team already?+
No. We work with founders who have none and with teams that need a senior voice above them. We meet you where you are.
Let's build it.
Book a 30-minute systems audit. We'll scope the work and tell you what's worth shipping first.