A fractional CTO and a senior AI engineering team — auditing your stack, building what's missing, and keeping you ahead as the field moves.
Off-the-shelf software was built for the average buyer. We build what your specific business actually needs — owned, not rented.
Three phases baked into every CoAI engagement — so you go from "we should think about AI" to "we have the most modern stack in our industry," without ever managing a developer.
Two weeks of interviews, system maps, and cost teardowns. By the end you have a roadmap that says exactly what to build, what to kill, and what to keep — with ROI attached.
Your fractional CTO leads. Senior engineers execute. We ship the first production tool in week six — then keep shipping until your stack matches your business.
The field moves weekly. We stay on retainer to update what we built, swap in better models as they ship, and keep your stack a quarter ahead of your competition.
The AI consulting world is split between strategists who don't ship and dev shops that don't strategize. We do both — and we own the outcome.
A real CTO on your account who'd be your full-time hire if budget allowed. Strategy, hiring plans, board updates — they own all of it.
Vetted senior engineers from our partner network. Pulled in when you need them, billed only for the work — never a full FTE you don't need.
Every line of code we write is your IP. Your repos, your accounts, your infra. If you ever leave, you take everything — no lock-in.
The model you used in Q1 is the wrong one in Q4. We swap, refactor, and upgrade as the field moves so your stack never goes stale.
By next quarter, you should have an answer. By the one after, you should have shipped it.
Get a real answerYour fractional CTO interviews every team that touches a tool, maps your full stack, and costs out what you're spending vs. what you'd spend if it were custom. You walk out with a prioritized roadmap and a number — what this would cost a competitor to copy.
First production tool live by week six. Your CTO leads architecture and design; senior engineers execute. We work in 2-week sprints, ship in your repos, and review with your team weekly. You see code, not slides.
When the build is done, most clients keep us on a smaller retainer to maintain, swap in newer models, and ship the next thing. Your stack stays a quarter ahead. If you'd rather take it in-house, we hand off cleanly — no contract, no clawback.
Founders, CEOs, and operators who know AI is the wedge but don't have the budget for a CTO + team — or the patience for a 6-month consulting engagement that ends in a deck.
From kickoff to your first production AI tool shipped — not prototyped.
What you'd pay vs. an in-house CTO + senior AI engineer, fully loaded.
Yours from day one. Your repos, your accounts, your IP. No lock-in, ever.
I run three companies. They all need an AI strategy. None of them can afford a CTO. CoAI is the only thing I've found that gives me senior thinking and senior execution at a price that makes sense.
Every tool we build becomes the foundation for the next. Every model swap makes the system sharper. Six months in, you've got an asset your competition can't copy in less than a year.
We start with a 2-week audit and a roadmap. If you're not impressed, you walk — no contract, no clawback, you keep the audit.
Modernize your ITIt means a senior technologist who'd be your full-time CTO if you had the budget — engaged for a defined slice of their time. They sit in your leadership meetings, own the technology strategy, talk to your board if needed, and are accountable for the outcome of every build.
A senior engineering team from our vetted partner network — typically US-led with offshore execution. Your fractional CTO leads architecture, code review, and release. You don't manage the engineers; we do.
Yes — completely, from day one. Code is in your repos, infra is on your accounts, all IP transfers immediately. If you ever fire us, you keep everything. No lock-in.
That's exactly why most clients keep us on retainer after the build. New model drops, new SDK, new pattern — we evaluate, swap in, and refactor as needed. Your stack stays current without you ever having to think about it.
A dev shop builds what you spec. They don't tell you what to build, they don't kill the SaaS subscriptions you don't need, and they disappear when the project is "done." We're an operator on retainer — strategy, build, and ongoing ownership.
Audit phase: ~$15K, two weeks. Build phase: $10K/month retainer + scoped engineering (typically $80–150K total for the first quarter of build). Maintenance phase: $5–10K/month. Month-to-month, no long-term contracts.