A senior AI leader embedded in your team for a day a week. Weekly 1:1 with the founder or CTO, running architecture and code review, supporting your technical hires, and getting you investor-ready. £9,000/month, rolling, 30-day notice on either side.
You are a founder or CTO between £500k and £10M ARR, with a real product and a team that ships — but the AI surface is new for you. You do not need a full-time VP of AI on £180k plus equity. You need senior judgement on architecture, hiring, and due-diligence prep without paying for a headcount you cannot fully use.
This is also the retainer most clients move onto after a Production Audit or Build Sprint ends — a way to keep shipped work shipping without the cost of another full engagement.
Onboarding takes a week. I sit in on the next sprint planning, read the repo, meet the team. From week two the cadence locks in. Every month I send a one-page written report to the founder: what we did, what it cost, what is next, what I am worried about.
Rolling month-to-month. Either side can end it with 30 days' notice. No long lock-in. No minimum term beyond the first 90 days (which is roughly how long it takes for the relationship to produce value on a difficult stack).
No. You probably already have a CTO. This is a peer to your CTO, specialised in the AI surface. They own architecture and delivery; I own the AI-specific judgement they do not have depth in yet.
Monthly in advance. Standard 30-day invoice terms. I do not bill in arrears or time-track — the engagement is scoped in outcomes, not hours.
Rarely, and only after one paid engagement has gone well. See the FAQ on the home page for the reasoning.
30-minute discovery call. I will ask what you are building, what your existing leadership looks like, and whether this is genuinely the right shape.
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