— Service detail · CAIaaS

Chief AI Officer as a Service

A fractional Chief AI Officer embedded in your organization from week one — sitting in board meetings, owning AI governance and vendor relationships, and building your internal capability. Operational immediately, with no six-month executive ramp.

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— Who it's for

Built for the leaders carrying the decision

Who it's for
  • Boards and CEOs who need AI leadership now
  • Series B+ companies not ready to justify a $400K+ hire
  • Executive teams without a senior AI owner
Trigger symptoms
  • The board is asking AI questions no one can answer
  • AI vendor contracts are being signed without scrutiny
  • No one owns AI governance, risk, or roadmap
  • A full-time CAIO hire is 6–12 months and $400K+ away

— What we do

The engagement

We embed as your fractional Chief AI Officer — operational from week one. We own AI governance and board reporting, evaluate and negotiate vendors, set the roadmap, and build the internal team and capability so you are not dependent on us forever.

This is fractional leadership, not advisory. We sit in the meetings, make the calls with you, and are accountable for the AI function — at a fraction of the cost and time of a full-time executive hire.

— Deliverables

What you walk away with

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AI governance framework & board reporting cadence
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Vendor evaluation, selection & contract negotiation
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AI roadmap aligned to business priorities
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Internal AI team hiring plan & capability building

— Engagement terms

Timeline & what you provide

Timeline
Ongoing engagement

Month-to-month engagement, scaled to your needs.

What you provide
  • A seat at the relevant leadership and board forums
  • Access to AI vendors, contracts, and internal stakeholders
  • Budget authority context for roadmap decisions

— Decisions it enables

What you can decide afterward

— With this in hand, leadership can
  • Which AI vendors to keep, renegotiate, or replace
  • How to govern AI risk, data, and compliance
  • What to build in-house versus buy or outsource
  • When and whom to hire for a permanent AI team

— Example outputs

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Illustrative, redacted sample structures — not real client artifacts.

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