Services

Pick the problem, not the service.

Four ways we work, and what usually leads to each. If you can’t tell which fits, that’s what the evaluation is for.

What we hear

Where it usually leads

We need an AI strategy.
We have the budget. We’re not sure what to build first.
Our team is busy, but the product isn’t moving.
We want AI doing real work, not a demo.
We know what to build. We need it built well, and soon.
Investors keep asking technical questions we can’t answer.
We need a technical co-founder, and can’t find one.

Strategy evaluation
Systems architecture
Delivery
Fractional CTO

Strategy evaluation

Not sure where to start? Let’s evaluate together.

A short, fixed engagement. We look at the plan, the product, or the AI idea, find the problem behind it, and tell you straight what we’d do, before the money is committed.

You leave with: A written recommendation, the trade-offs behind it, what not to build, and which of the three you need, if any. Sometimes it’s none.

Two weeks · $7,500 fixedHow it works

Credited in full if we carry on together within 60 days.

01Systems architecture

How should it all fit together?

We map how the business works and design the system it needs: data, tools, people, and where AI belongs.

You leave with: A map of the business as it really runs, and a design to build from.

Six weeks · fixed priceHow it works

02Delivery

Who’s going to build it?

A senior team builds the first version fast, because the thinking is done. A product, an internal tool, or the platform underneath both.

You leave with: Working software in use, and a team or partner ready to carry it.

Fixed scope, in phasesHow it works

03Fractional CTO

Who’s making the technical calls?

A senior technical leader at the table for a set term, then a review. We make the calls with your team, and stand behind them with investors.

You leave with: Decisions made and written down, and a team that can carry them.

Two quarters, then reviewHow it works

Which one fits

What people tell us, and where it usually leads.

A starting point, not a rule. When it isn’t clear, the evaluation is how we find out.

We need an AI strategy.Strategy evaluationTwo weeks on where AI pays off in your business, where it doesn’t, and what has to be true first.
We have the budget. We’re not sure what to build first.Strategy evaluationA recommendation on the simplest thing that adds value, and what to leave out.
Our team is busy, but the product isn’t moving.Systems architectureUsually nobody has drawn the whole product. Once the team can see it, they can move.
We want AI doing real work, not a demo.Systems architectureWhere it runs, who checks its work, and what a mistake costs, designed before anything is built.
We know what to build. We need it built well, and soon.DeliveryA first version from a design, by a senior team, with the handover planned from the start.
Investors keep asking technical questions we can’t answer.Fractional CTOA senior technical leader at the table for two quarters, and beside you in due diligence.
We need a technical co-founder, and can’t find one.Fractional CTOSomeone to make the calls now, and write the brief for a full-time hire when it’s time.

When we’re not the fit

Better to say so on the first call.

If one of these is what you need, we’ll point you to someone who does it well.

Developers by the hour
We price the work, not the time, and we don’t supply contractors to fill seats.
A brief that can’t be questioned
If the scope is fixed and nobody can change it, we’re the wrong firm. We’ll keep asking whether it’s the right thing to build.

How an engagement runs See the work

Talk it through

Bring the question you can’t quite phrase yet.

That’s usually the right place to start.
A conversation, not a pitch. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so, and point you to who is.

Talk it through hello@boldorion.com