Fractional CTO & AI Lead
You need a CTO for your AI product.
You don't need one full-time.
Most early-stage companies don't have enough CTO work to fill a full-time job. So I do it part-time. I'm in your Slack, I show up to standups, and I work in your code. I make the technical calls and build the AI features myself. When you're ready for a full-time CTO, I'll help you hire one and hand things over.
The demo was easy. Real users are harder.
You hooked up a prompt and it worked great. Then real people started using it. Now it sometimes makes things up in front of customers.
Your AI bill doubled last month and nobody knows why. Nobody is sure which model half your features use, either.
An investor asked how the AI part works. You answered, but you weren't totally sure.
A full-time CTO costs $300k a year and takes months to find. You probably don't need that yet. You need someone experienced who can sort this out and write the code.
Pricing
Two ways to work with me.
1. AI & Technical Audit
Find out what you actually have.
$2,500 fixed. One week.
I spend a week going through your code, your servers, and your AI setup. How it's built, whether it's secure, which models you use, what they cost, and where it's likely to break.
Then you get a short report in plain English. What's fine, what needs work, and what to fix first, with real time estimates. You can share it with investors. If everything looks good, I'll tell you that too.
2. Fractional CTO & AI Lead
Someone's finally in charge of the tech.
$6,500 a month. Pause or cancel anytime.
I do the job a CTO would do, without the salary, the equity, or the months of hiring. I'm around all week, in Slack and in the code, like anyone else on your team. We have one regular call. Most things don't need a meeting.
Plan the tech. What to build, what to buy, and what can wait until you have more money.
Build the AI features. I write the prompts and the code myself, and test them so they don't quietly break.
Help you hire. I'll write the job posts, sit in on interviews, and tell you if an agency or contractor is worth the money.
Fix how you ship. Code reviews, tests, and deploys nobody is scared of.
Get ready for investors. Clear answers when they ask about scaling, security, and costs. And a real CTO on your team slide.
Founder
Daniel Studziński
I was a senior software engineer at Dscout for 8 years. Now I'm co-founder and CTO at BetterReviews. Our AI talks to shoppers to collect reviews, reads through thousands of those conversations, and turns what it finds into ideas for ads. It runs with real customers every day, so I've already hit most of the problems you're about to hit.
I design it, write the code, and ship it myself. With today's AI tools, one experienced person can do what used to take a small team.
Two clients at a time.
One spot is open.
Tell me what you're building and what isn't working. No sales pitch. If you don't need me, I'll tell you.