Senior AI Leadership Without the Full-Time Hire
You need someone senior thinking about AI for your business — but you don't need 40 hours a week of it. A fractional AI lead embeds with your team 10-20 hours per week: setting strategy, building systems, evaluating tools, and making sure AI investments actually pay off. We're not advisors who hand off decks. We build alongside your team, own the outcomes, and leave you with capabilities that last after the engagement ends.
What we build
AI Strategy & Roadmap
We assess your business, identify high-impact AI opportunities, and build a phased roadmap. Priorities based on ROI, not hype.
Embedded Implementation
We don't just advise — we build. We embed with your team, attend standups, and deliver working systems alongside your people.
Team Training & Enablement
We train your team on AI tools, prompt engineering, and the systems we build. The goal is capability transfer — your team should be self-sufficient.
Vendor & Tool Evaluation
We evaluate AI tools and vendors on your behalf. No sales pitches — just honest assessments of what fits your needs and budget.
How we work
Assessment
We spend the first 1-2 weeks understanding your business, team, tools, and goals. We map opportunities and present a prioritized roadmap.
Quick Wins
We start with high-impact, low-effort wins to build momentum and trust. Usually this means automating a painful manual process or connecting disconnected tools.
Build the Foundation
We build the core AI systems on your roadmap — the projects that create lasting competitive advantage. Weekly demos, iterative delivery.
Transfer & Scale
We document everything, train your team, and ensure the systems we built can be maintained and extended without us. We scale back as your internal capability grows.
Common questions
Consultants advise. We build. A fractional AI lead is embedded with your team — attending meetings, writing code, making decisions. We own outcomes, not deliverables.
Typically 10-20 hours/week. We set a consistent weekly cadence — same days, same meetings — so we're a predictable part of your team, not an ad-hoc resource.
Most clients stay for 6-18 months. The first 2-3 months are the most intense (building the foundation). After that, we scale back as your team builds capability.
Fractional AI Lead retainers start at $3,000/month. The exact rate depends on scope and hours. We'll give you a clear number after a scoping call.