Your fractional Chief AI Officer available now

A fractional Chief AI Officer, or fractional CAIO, runs your AI strategy 1 to 3 days a week: use cases, choice of tools and models, data and AI teams, link with the board.

+700

CTOs and AI leaders in the collective

1 to 3 days

Per week

98%

Client satisfaction

Where our CTOs have worked

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Does this sound familiar?

01

Your AI projects start then stall: the POCs pile up, nothing reaches production

02

Your competitors are accelerating on AI, and you are watching them go

03

Your tech teams have the tools, but no direction on AI

04

Nobody carries the AI topic at the executive committee

05

You want to structure AI before hiring a permanent Chief AI Officer

Why CO-CTO

Our added value

CO-CTO

Fractional CAIO

Agency

Recruiting firm

Freelancer

No network

Platform

Of freelancers

Senior profile with hands-on experience~~
Profile proposed in under 1 week~
Backed by a network of 700 CTOs and AI leaders
Collective intelligence applied to your mission~
Follow-up & support after the mission~
Flexible days per week
Secure contractual framework~~

The right profile for your ground

AI in the product

You want to inject AI into your product to create a new edge: an AI feature, an embedded copilot, using your data, a new use case that changes your value proposition.

Profile required: Product-oriented. Able to turn an AI use case into a shipped, measurable feature.

AI in the tech and product teams

You want to embed AI in your tech and product team processes: agent fleets, orchestration, code copilots, delivery automation, spec writing...

Profile required: Engineering, hands-on. Can architect and productionize agent systems at scale.

AI across the whole company

You want to spread AI across every department to automate tasks: support, marketing, finance, HR, operations.

Profile required: Cross-functional. Comfortable with both business and tech, able to bring non-technical teams on board.

What your fractional Chief AI Officer does

Your Chief AI Officer works like a full-time AI executive, on a number of days matched to your stage.

  • Define the AI strategy and roadmap
  • Identify and prioritise the use cases with the highest ROI
  • Choose the models, the tools and the partners
  • Run the data, ML and AI teams, and arbitrate technical choices
  • Manage the risks: bias, GDPR, security
  • Carry the AI topic with the board and the investors

They also work on adoption. In many teams, the early adopters move ahead while others stay reluctant. Your Chief AI Officer creates moments to exchange, shows the good practices and the use cases, and makes everyone see the time they can save.

Our method

1

We understand your situation

30 min

We listen first: your AI challenges, your timing and your need. A 30-minute conversation to set the foundations.

2

We identify the profile you need

1h

AI ground, market, team, culture: we dig in to find the Chief AI Officer who genuinely fits your context.

3

We introduce the right Chief AI Officer

1 week max

From our collective of 700+ CTOs and AI leaders, we select the profile who has already run this type of project.

4

We stay in the loop throughout the mission

Ongoing

Follow-up by a member of the team, and the CO-CTO network as backup: your Chief AI Officer is never alone.

Not sure where you stand?

A 2 to 5 day AI audit measures your real maturity and frames the mission of your Chief AI Officer.

Discover the AI audit →

What makes all the difference

The CO-CTO system

Community support

Your Chief AI Officer is never alone, backed by the 700+ members of the collective

CO-CTO directory

Expert sourcing if needed to complement the work

Ongoing follow-up

By a team member throughout the mission

Questions fréquentes

FAQ

A fractional Chief AI Officer, or fractional CAIO, is an experienced AI executive who works inside your company 1 to 3 days a week. They run your AI strategy, prioritise the use cases, lead the data and AI teams, arbitrate technical choices and act as the link with the board. It is also called Head of AI, Lead AI or outsourced CAIO.

A permanent Chief AI Officer makes sense when AI becomes a lasting strategic priority: several initiatives under way, a data or ML team to lead, strong competitive pressure. Before that stage, a fractional Chief AI Officer brings the same seniority without the cost of a hire. When the need becomes lasting, we also support you on hiring your Chief AI Officer.

Pricing is based on a day rate between 800 € and 1,500 € depending on the profile and the missions. The number of days a week is defined together. For comparison, the package of a permanent Chief AI Officer is generally between 60,000 € and 120,000 € a year in France.

It is not mandatory. If you do not yet know where to start, a 2 to 5 day AI audit measures your real maturity and frames the mission of your Chief AI Officer.

A profile is proposed in under a week, and the mission usually starts within 1 to 3 weeks. We begin with a 30-minute conversation to understand your need.

For startups and scale-ups that need a senior Chief AI Officer right now, and more broadly for any company that wants to bring AI into its product, into its tech teams or across its whole organisation.

Want to know more?

Book a call with our team, we'll take care of the rest.