An operator on the hook for whether the AI ships, not an advisor with a deck.
Some teams do not need one more build. They need someone senior who owns the AI direction: which bets to make, how to architect them, what to build versus buy, and accountability for whether it actually ships. I embed with your team a few days a week and stay on the hook for the outcome.
- Investment
- From $12k/mo
Monthly retainer, scoped to days per week. Six-month minimum. Priced below the multi-company fractional CTOs at the top of the market.
All services
Embedded AI leadership, on demandEmbedded AI product leadership: direction, architecture, and accountability for the build.
Manual work, automated with control
Support agents you own, not rent
Every lead answered in seconds
Bounded agents that actually ship
Prototypes taken to production
Embedded AI leadership, on demand
- From $12k/mo
Advice is cheap.Accountability is the hard part.
Plenty of people will advise you on AI. Far fewer will own the decision and stay accountable when it has to work in production. A fractional AI CTO is the second thing: direction plus architecture plus a person who is measured on whether the system ships and holds up.
- AI strategy that never turns into a shipped system
- Build-versus-buy decisions nobody senior will own
- A team that can execute but needs AI architecture direction
- Advisors who leave once the slide deck is delivered
The buildEmbedded AI product direction, architecture, and accountability.
Build vs buy: the support agent
A few days a week inside your team: the decisions, the architecture, and ownership of whether the AI work ships.
- AI product direction and the roadmap
- Architecture decisions and model strategy
- Build-versus-buy calls, owned end to end
- Cost and evals discipline across the AI work
- Hands-on review of the team's AI builds
A small number of moves,each one verifiable.
Every stage ships its own deliverables, so you can see progress and correct course before the next one starts.
- 01Onboard
I get inside your product, stack, and goals, and we agree what I own and what success looks like.Context audit · Scope of ownership · Success metrics
- 02Set direction
The AI roadmap, the architecture, and the build-versus-buy calls get made and written down.AI roadmap · Architecture · Decisions
- 03Embed and ship
A few days a week inside the team, steering the build and reviewing the work until it ships.Weekly cadence · Build review · Shipped work
Direction and the build,in one accountable person.
You get one senior operator who makes the call, designs the system, and is measured on whether it works in production. Not strategy in one person and execution in another.
I do not advise on AI from the outside. I build these systems in my own products first, live with the failure modes, and rebuild the parts that break under real users. The patterns I bring to your build are the ones I have already paid for in mine.
See the things I have built
See the things I have built
One monthly retainer.Scoped to days per week.
Monthly retainer, scoped to days per week. Six-month minimum. Priced below the multi-company fractional CTOs at the top of the market.
About one day a week of AI product direction and review.
Two to three days a week, embedded in the build.
Before you reach out
Start with the AI Systems Intensive.
$5,000, one focused engagement to map the work and decide what to build. The fee credits into the build. If a build is wrong for you, I will say so and you keep the plan.
Start with a short call. Straight answer either way.
We confirm fit, scope the work, and decide whether to start with the Intensive or go straight to the build.
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