Fractional Chief AI Officer
Owns making your company AI-native: the plan your CEO or board approves, what you spend on AI and what it returns, who is accountable for each decision, and the first critical workflow run by agents.
Two seats, and an advisory option
| Fractional Chief AI Officer | Fractional CPTO or CTO | Advisory | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owns | Making your company AI-native | Making your product AI-native | No seat: a second view on your AI decisions |
| Answers for | Outcomes agreed each quarter | Outcomes agreed each quarter | Decisions you bring to it |
| Usually | Alongside an engagement | When AI-native products pull the roadmap | When you want a second view before committing to a seat |
Fractional CPTO or CTO
Owns making your product AI-native. That means the roadmap, a product surface agents can use, and the first AI-native feature in production.
Advisory
Scheduled strategy sessions each month, with answers between them. It suits teams that want a second view on AI decisions: build, buy or partner, vendors and architecture, AI spend, and board and investor readiness. Advisory can turn into a seat when you're ready.
Outcomes in writing, reviewed quarterly
At the start, we agree a one-page success plan with you, and the seat answers for what's in it:
- Mandate. Decision rights, what's in and out of scope, and who the seat reports to.
- Outcomes. Three primary and three secondary, each with a baseline and where it's measured.
- Checkpoints. Set through the quarter, so nobody waits three months to learn how it's going.
- Quarterly review. Renew, expand into an engagement, or hand over to a permanent hire.
Outcomes the seat can own
We start from this list and pick what fits your company.
Fractional Chief AI Officer
- An AI plan and mandate approved by your CEO or board
- An inventory of your AI tools and contracts, with the waste cut
- An AI spend policy
- The accountability map in force: who decides what, and what agents may approve
- The first critical workflow started and run by agents
Fractional CPTO or CTO
- An AI-native product roadmap
- An agent-ready product surface live
- The first AI-native feature in production, against an adoption target
Either seat
- A written mandate for the permanent role, if you want one
A seat that answers for the AI bill
The seat owns the spend policy and the accountability map, so it can design for value that grows faster than your AI bill. It also keeps an accountable person behind every decision that matters.
If you already lead technology and want an AI executive beside you, see our page for technology leaders. If you're the founder and the whole team, see our page for founders.
Questions about the seat
Why a fractional seat instead of a full-time hire?
A full-time AI executive is hard to find and slow to hire, and most companies don't yet know what the permanent role should be. A fractional seat puts someone accountable for AI on your leadership team now, delivers the first outcomes, and can write the mandate for the permanent role if you want one.
What does it cost?
Talk to us. We scope the work with you during the working session, which is credited in full if you go on to work with us.
Are we too small for this?
No. We work with solo founders as well as large teams.