Ongoing
Your all-you-can-eat subscription to tech leadership
You hand off the CTO responsibilities you're tired of carrying. We own them — without watching the clock or rationing your questions.
30 minutes. No obligation. If a fractional CTO isn't the right fit, we'll tell you what is.
The Tech Side Has Outgrown You
No software is ever truly done. Especially not if it involves machine learning or AI. Users demand new capabilities, the big AI companies ship new, disruptive features at a breakneck pace, and as you scale, new challenges emerge. A one-and-done approach doesn't cut it here. You have to make lots of decisions, some in your own zone of genius, some outside of it.
Imagine The Tech Side Just... Handled
Imagine having the tech side of your business handled: Architecture? Solid. Hiring decisions? Vetted. AI model strategy? Robust. And if a surprise pops up? Someone's on it.
Pick The CTO Responsibilities You Want Us To Own
That's our all-you-can-eat advisory subscription. Like a fractional CTO but without counting hours. We agree on which CTO-style responsibilities we'll own, and make sure you never have to worry about those again. The responsibilities are grouped into buckets, with a cost of CAD $XYZ per bucket. You might need only one bucket, such as team mentorship, or multiple, depending on your business stage and internal capabilities. Only caveat: If you need all the buckets, you should probably hire a full-time CTO.
Comes with
Unlimited asynchronous access (Slack, GitHub Issues, etc) with ~ 1 business day turnaround
Meetings and phone calls as needed, and where they add value
Full ownership of the assigned bucket
Simple monthly billing, cancel any time
Ready To Get The Uncertainty Out Of The Way?
30 minutes to talk through your situation and figure out if our subscription is the right move for you. No charge, no pitch.
Still Have Questions?
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Zero. Or all of them. Depends how you look at it. We don't sell hours; we sell ownership of a responsibility. If owning your hiring takes us four hours one month and twenty the next, that's our problem, not yours. The deliverable is "the bucket is handled," not "here's where the time went."
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That's what the fit call is for. We'll push back if you've picked something you don't need, or if you're missing one you do. And once we start, you can add or drop buckets at the end of any month — two weeks' notice, no drama.
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We'll tell you. Either it's a one-off we can help with on the side, or it's actually a bucket you should add, or it's outside what we do and we'll point you to someone who handles it. We won't quietly redefine "Architecture" so we can charge you for a hiring question.
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You should — eventually. If you have enough sustained CTO-load to justify the seat and the comp to attract someone good. Most founders we talk to have CTO-shaped problems but not a full-time CTO's worth of them. That's the gap this fills. When you cross the line, we'll tell you, and help you hire.
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Hourly fractional CTOs make you ration. You stop asking because every question costs. Advisors give opinions but don't own anything — the next morning, the problem is still yours. We own the bucket. After our call, the work is ours until it's done.
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No. Everything we own is proactive and scheduled. If your business needs 2am pager coverage, the right answer is hiring an SRE or setting up an on-call rotation — not a fractional CTO. We'll help you scope that, but we won't do it ourselves.
Don't Take Our Word For It
"Their ability to demystify AI and deliver on real business-ready systems sets them apart in the industry."
— Andrew Fursman, CEO
"Ehsan demonstrated remarkable expertise in building and scaling AI-powered products from ground up... taking ReplayzIQ from initial team formation to market launch."
— Dave Kennet, Founder & CEO, ReplayzIQ From team formation to acquisition by Highspot.
Why AICE?
Senior AI engineers, not career advisors. When we say an architecture won't hold up, it's because we've shipped one like it and watched it not hold up. We still write code.
We turn work down. If you only need one bucket, we'll sell you one bucket. If you don't need us at all, we'll say so.
Outcomes, not timesheets. You're buying ownership of a responsibility, not a slice of a calendar. We don't track our hours and you don't have to audit them.
We tell you when to fire us. When a full-time CTO is the right next move, we'll be the first to say so — and help you hire them.
Ready To Hand Off The Tech Worries?
Our guarantee: First month, money back if it's not working out. After that, you know what you're getting — and the month-to-month subscription is the guarantee. Keep us on as long as we're earning it. Drop us when we're not. No lock-in, no exit fees.
Capacity is limited. We run a small number of fractional CTO engagements at a time — ownership has to be real, and real ownership doesn't scale. If we're full when you reach out, we'll tell you when a slot opens up.