We embed senior technical leadership into your startup from day one. We validate your idea, build your MVP, and stay through your first raise. Not a vendor. A co-founder with a full team behind them.
Most founders hit the same wall when trying to build their first product. Sound familiar?
Someone embedded in your startup who challenges your assumptions before you build the wrong thing, and stays accountable long after launch day.
Three phases. Each gated by commitment. Each designed to de-risk your startup before we go deeper together.
Before code, strategy. We stress-test your idea, size the market, and define exactly what to build — and what to skip.
Your Fractional CTO and development pod take over. Built for scale from day one, not just for demo day.
Post-MVP, we do not disappear. We stay as your strategic partner through fundraising, growth, and what comes next.
This is not a service agreement. Both parties commit. Both parties benefit when the startup wins.
Negotiated per engagement based on your startup stage, scope, and valuation at time of partnership. Fully transparent before any agreement is signed. You retain control, always.
Most startups bolt AI on after launch and spend months undoing the damage. We architect AI into your product from the ground up, so it scales with you rather than creating technical debt that slows you down.
Our Fractional CTOs are not just builders. They are AI-first architects who have designed intelligent systems for products at scale, and they bring that thinking to your startup from the first conversation.
We design your product's data flows, model integrations, and inference pipelines from the start, so AI is a structural advantage rather than a feature you added later.
From GPT-4 and Claude to open-source models and fine-tuned verticals, we select, integrate, and orchestrate the right language model stack for your specific use case and cost constraints.
AI products require infrastructure that can handle variable load, data residency requirements, and security standards. We build for ISO-grade compliance and Series A due diligence from the start.
We document your AI architecture, model selection rationale, and competitive moat in a format that speaks directly to technical investors and due diligence teams.
Five partnerships per quarter. The fit has to be right — for you and for us.
Every application is reviewed personally. Here is what we look at before scheduling a Strategy Call.
Each application is reviewed by a real person. No bots. No auto-rejections.
Equity is negotiated per engagement based on your startup stage, scope, and valuation at time of partnership. It typically falls in the 2 to 8% range, and we are always flexible to discuss what works for both sides. We are fully transparent before any agreement is signed.
Phase 1 Validation has a fixed engagement fee. Phase 2 is a hybrid monthly retainer plus equity, significantly below standard market rates. Exact numbers are shared on your Strategy Call after we review your application, because every partnership is different.
Yes, and it often works better. Your Fractional CTO leads your existing team, adds the strategic layer you are missing, and fills execution gaps where needed. We are not here to replace what works. We are here to elevate it.
You do. 100%, from day one. All intellectual property, source code, and design assets are yours. We sign an NDA before any discussion begins. You are always in full control.
Yes, and this is increasingly where we add the most value. Our CTOs have hands-on experience architecting LLM-integrated products, RAG pipelines, AI automation layers, and intelligent SaaS platforms. If your product has an AI component, we treat that as a first-class architectural concern, not an afterthought.
That is a risk both parties accept. Our equity stake reflects that shared exposure. We do not chase founders for fees beyond the agreed phased engagement. We succeed together, or we learn together and move forward.
The best founders we have worked with were not looking for cheap. They were looking for right. If that sounds like you, the next step is a conversation.
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