Your next big technical move, done right.
We bring the systems, tools, and experience to modernize your engineering, so you can compete with the speed and quality of an AI software factory. We work alongside your CTO, or step in as your fractional CTO, with forward deployed engineers.
We specialize in fractional CTO services, platform engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, and agentic software delivery.
Senior advice. Hands on keyboards.
When the ground shifts, teams call us.
Sometimes the market moved. Sometimes your business did.
Market moved
Losing on speed
Agents raised the bar.
Adopting AI
Pilots, but no results.
Legacy stack
Every release drags.
Business moved
Moving clouds
Cutovers cost revenue.
New builds
Foundations that last.
Scaling the team
Bad hires cost quarters.
Team in transition
Keep the momentum.
Too many systems
Stop paying twice.
Not sure?
One senior team, across the stack.
Bring us in alongside your CTO, or as your fractional CTO, with forward deployed engineers to do the work.
Fractional CTO
Advise your CTO, or fill the seat until you hire one.
Forward Deployed Engineers
Senior platform engineers who embed and ship.
For founders and CEOs
Skip the expensive lessons.
Your stack and next hires set your velocity for years. Get them right the first time.
- A fractional CTO or a sounding board
- A higher bar on every senior hire
- Engineers shipping your roadmap
For enterprise technology leaders
Change that actually ships.
Big programs stall on legacy tools and governance. We get them into production.
- Senior partners under your leadership
- Engineers inside your constraints
- Modern toolchains, no delivery freeze
From first call to a team that runs on its own.
- 1
A straight conversation
We meet your team and tell you what we think.
- 2
A senior partner
Alongside your CTO, or as your fractional CTO.
- 3
The team to execute
Coaching, hiring, and forward deployed engineers.
- 4
A system that lasts
Modern delivery with metrics. Platform included.
Curious about the platform? See what's included
Operators, not slideware.
45%shorter lead time for change33% more frequent deployments
12+ hrsof DevBox uptime saved per dayDevOps running from SlackThe Agentic Software Factory stack.
We bring the best software in the industry, and open source wherever we can.
Delivery
How it ships
Langfuse
Argo CD
OpenTelemetry
Agents
Who does the work
Claude Code
OpenHands
LangGraph
Goose
Context
What agents know

LlamaIndex
MCP
pgvector
Models
What powers it
Claude
DeepSeek
vLLM
Ollama
Platform
How it runs
Kubernetes
OpenTofu
Ray
Cilium
Compute
Where it runs
Google Cloud
NVIDIA GPUs
Tell us the decision you're stuck on.
We'll map the challenges, meet your team, and tell you what we honestly think. If it resonates, we keep talking.
What people ask first.
What does CTO.ai actually do for teams?
We’re senior technical consultants. We help with technical leadership, platform engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, and agentic software delivery, and we bring forward deployed engineers to do the work.
Is this only about adopting AI agents?
No. Cloud migrations, DevOps, and platform engineering are core to what we do. Agentic software delivery is one specialty, and we’ll tell you honestly where it fits and where it doesn’t.
Why would we need you if we have a CTO?
We work alongside them, as a senior sounding board, as extra experience on a specific problem, and as engineers to execute the plan. Your CTO stays in charge.
Can you fill in if we don’t have a CTO?
Yes. A fractional CTO can lead technical direction part-time, assess your team, and help you hire a full-time leader when the time is right.
Will you replace any of our engineers?
No. We strengthen the team you have through coaching, hiring, and engineers embedded alongside yours. Our work with agents is about giving your engineers more leverage, not replacing them.
Will this work with our cloud and tools?
Yes. We partner with AWS, Google Cloud, and DigitalOcean, and we work with the tools you already use. There’s nothing you have to switch to work with us.
How does an engagement with you start?
With a conversation. We map your challenges, meet your team, and tell you what we honestly think. If it resonates, we scope the work from there.
How much does it cost to work with you?
It depends on the scope, so talk to a CTO for a clear quote. When you hire a fractional CTO or our engineers, the CTO.ai platform is included.
What if all we need is the platform?
That works too. The platform pages cover what it does, and a CTO can walk you through fit and pricing.