Prototype first · pay after
A technical co-founder, without giving away half your company.
Senior product and engineering leadership for non-technical founders — architecture, hiring, roadmap, and hands-on delivery — on a fractional basis.
Book the call → a written technical assessment of your situation within 24 hours. $0 until you've seen it.
The real problem
You're a non-technical founder, which means every week someone hands you a decision you can't independently judge: this quote, that stack, this hire, that architecture.
The standard fixes are bad: give a technical co-founder half the company, hire a full-time CTO you can't afford yet, or trust whichever vendor talks best.
A fractional CTO puts senior judgment on your side of the table — for the hours you actually need it, with hands-on delivery when things must ship.
The deal
You see it before you pay for it.
Book the call and brief us. Within 24 hours you get a written technical assessment of your situation — free. If it's not obviously right, walk away owing nothing. If it is, we scope the full build with a fixed quote.
What you actually get
Everything it takes to ship. Nothing it doesn't.
Technical direction
Architecture and stack decisions made deliberately — and documented so they survive.
Translation layer
Vendor quotes, dev estimates, and jargon — decoded into decisions you can actually make.
Hiring & team building
Role definitions, real technical interviews, and honest calls on who to hire when.
Investor-ready answers
Technical diligence handled by someone who's been through it — your data room stops being scary.
Hands-on delivery
We're builders, not slide-makers — when something must ship, we can lead or do the build.
How it works
From this page to shipped.
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Book the call
Pick a time and tell us what you're building — 30 minutes, plain English, no deck.
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See it in 24 hoursfree
Within a day of the call, a written technical assessment of your situation is in your inbox. Free, before any commitment.
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We understand the business
Your product, your stage, your constraints — technical strategy serves those, not the other way round.
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We set the technical direction
Architecture, build-vs-buy, roadmap, team plan — decided and written down.
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We lead the build
Ongoing leadership at the hours you need — reviews, vendor management, delivery oversight.
We choose who we work with
Who this is for.
This is for you if
- ✓You're a non-technical founder making technical decisions weekly
- ✓An agency or dev team is building for you and nobody's checking their work
- ✓Investors are asking technical questions you can't yet answer
- ✓You'll need a real CTO someday — but not a full-time one today
Not for you if
- ×You already have a strong technical lead — support them instead
- ×You want a name for the pitch deck, not actual involvement
Sound like you? Book your call →
Before you ask
Questions you're probably asking.
How many hours do we get?
Scoped to your stage — typically a weekly rhythm of leadership plus availability for decisions as they arise. It flexes up during builds and fundraises.
Fractional vs. advisor — what's the difference?
Advisors opine monthly. A fractional CTO owns outcomes: direction is documented, vendors are managed, hires are interviewed, and delivery is watched weekly.
Can you oversee our existing dev agency?
Yes — that's one of the most common setups. You get someone technical whose incentives are yours, reviewing what you're being sold and shipped.
What happens when we hire a full-time CTO?
We help you hire them, hand over a documented system, and step back. Making ourselves replaceable is part of the job.
The next technical decision is already on your desk. Don't make it alone.
One call · a written technical assessment of your situation in 24 hours · $0 until you've seen it