Fractional AI Officer
AI leadership without the $250K hire.
A full-time Chief AI Officer runs $150K–$350K+ in salary — before equity, benefits, and the six months it takes to find one. Most companies under $50M don’t need the headcount. They need the judgment, a roadmap someone owns, and a team that can actually build. That’s this.
What a CAIO actually does
Someone has to own the roadmap.
Decides what’s worth building
Ranks the opportunities by ROI, kills the shiny objects, and sequences the work so each build pays for the next.
Makes the build-vs-buy calls
Evaluates vendors, negotiates the stack, and keeps you out of tools you’ll regret. We name every platform we recommend — no black boxes.
Keeps your data yours
Sets the rules for what AI touches, what it never touches, and who owns what. (You. Always you.)
Brings your team along
Office hours for your people, so AI becomes how the company works — not one owner’s side project.
Two tiers
Advisor or Embedded. 90 days, then month-to-month.
Advisor
$6,000/mo~2 days per month
- AI roadmap ownership
- Monthly leadership sessions
- Vendor and build-vs-buy decisions
- Team office hours
Embedded
$12,000/mo~1 day per week
- Everything in Advisor, weekly cadence
- One AI-Assistant-scale build per quarter, included
- Hands-on with your managers, in your tools
The clean off-ramp: 90-day initial term, month-to-month after. If we’re not earning the seat, you take the roadmap and walk — it’s yours.
The difference
We build, not just advise.
Most fractional AI advisors hand you a deck and a vendor list. Ours are backed by the AI Builders bench — the same team that ships AI Employee installs into Buildertrend, QuickBooks, and CRMs every month. When the roadmap says “build it,” the same firm builds it, on the fixed-scope terms published on our pricing page.
$250K of judgment. $6,000 a month.
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