For CEO, COO and Board
Fractional CAIO
One senior person owns your AI program, from strategy and governance to the agent roadmap and the board report. For software companies, a fractional CTO.
Installs and keeps the Governance pack of the Mode2 Foundation
- Two days a month
- $8,000 a month
- One day a week
- $15,000 a month
- Duration
- Monthly, 6-month minimum
Why you're here
Claude is in use across the company, agents are on the way, and nobody owns the program. The board asks what you spend, what it returns and what comes next.
What you get
- Installs and keeps the Governance pack
- Owns your AI program
- Strategy
- Governance
- Vendor and usage review
- The agent roadmap
- Board reporting
- Pairs with Agent Ops
How each month runs
- A day covers
- Program decisions with your leadership team
- Governance and vendor and usage review
- The agent roadmap, kept ranked
- Every month
- Vendor and usage review against the spend you planned
- Release step
- A Foundation release within 30 days of each Anthropic model or tool change; the Governance pack kept current with it
- Every board cycle
- Board reporting on spend, results and the roadmap
Price and terms
| Two days a month | $8,000 a month |
|---|---|
| One day a week | $15,000 a month |
| Duration | Monthly, 6-month minimum |
| Foundation module | Installs and keeps the Governance pack |
What moves the price
- Two days a month or one day a week.
- Three seats at a time; a portfolio seat counts as two.
What we need from you
- A sponsor on the executive team
- Access to usage and spend data
- A standing slot with your leadership team
What happens after
This is the top of the ladder. The seat pairs with Agent Ops, which runs the agents the roadmap ships.
Questions buyers ask on the first call
Why only three seats?
Each seat gets real days. Three seats at a time is the cap, and a portfolio seat counts as two.
How does it work with Agent Ops?
The seat sets the roadmap and owns the program. Agent Ops runs the agents it ships.
We are a software company. Is this a CTO role?
For software companies the seat works as a fractional CTO.
Book a 30-minute scoping call about the Fractional CAIO.
Thirty minutes on what you need, which offer fits, and the fixed price for it.