Tech due diligence, AI
strategy and delivery
for investors and
operators.
Tech due diligence, AI
strategy and delivery
for investors and
operators.
Tech due diligence, AI
strategy and delivery
for investors and
operators.
We assess technology and the people who build it, then help you act on what we find. Senior operators only — the people who scope your engagement are the people who run it.
We assess technology and the people who build it, then help you act on what we find. Senior operators only — the people who scope your engagement are the people who run it.
We assess technology and the people who build it, then help you act on what we find. Senior operators only — the people who scope your engagement are the people who run it.
What we do
Four engagement types along one arc. Most clients start at assessment and keep us through execution.
Four engagement types along one arc. Most clients start at assessment and keep us through execution.
Assess
Technical due diligence
Technical due diligence
Pre-investment and portfolio reviews for funds and acquirers. Architecture, code quality, security posture, technical debt, key-person risk, and whether the team can deliver the plan the deal is priced on. Written for an investment committee, not a CTO.
Pre-investment and portfolio reviews for funds and acquirers. Architecture, code quality, security posture, technical debt, key-person risk, and whether the team can deliver the plan the deal is priced on. Written for an investment committee, not a CTO.
Plan
Strategic AI planning
Strategic AI planning
Where AI actually changes your economics and where it will waste a year. We separate the two, size the opportunities against your data and your constraints, and give you a defensible position to take to your board.
Where AI actually changes your economics and where it will waste a year. We separate the two, size the opportunities against your data and your constraints, and give you a defensible position to take to your board.
Build
AI roadmaps and execution
AI roadmaps and execution
A sequenced plan with owners, budgets and milestones — then the engineering to deliver it. We build with your team where you have one and bring ours where you don’t.
A sequenced plan with owners, budgets and milestones — then the engineering to deliver it. We build with your team where you have one and bring ours where you don’t.
Run
Fractional CTOs
Fractional CTOs
Experienced technology leadership for companies that need the judgment full-time but not the seat. Hiring, vendor decisions, architecture calls, board reporting, and the diligence you’ll face on the way out. We place AI architects, chief product officers, and other senior technical leaders on the same basis.
Experienced technology leadership for companies that need the judgment full-time but not the seat. Hiring, vendor decisions, architecture calls, board reporting, and the diligence you’ll face on the way out. We place AI architects, chief product officers, and other senior technical leaders on the same basis.
Selected engagements
Our team has advised
Our team has advised
How we work
How we work
We only do engagements with positive ROI that is clear up front. We start with a conversation to understand your goals, then collaborate on solution approaches that leave you better than when we started. No deal is better than a bad deal — we’ve staked our reputations on this for more than a decade, and we have the references to prove it.
We only do engagements with positive ROI that is clear up front. We start with a conversation to understand your goals, then collaborate on solution approaches that leave you better than when we started. No deal is better than a bad deal — we’ve staked our reputations on this for more than a decade, and we have the references to prove it.
Small teams, senior people. Every engagement is staffed with operators who have run the function they’re working on. No pyramid, no analysts learning on your deal.
Small teams, senior people. Every engagement is staffed with operators who have run the function they’re working on. No pyramid, no analysts learning on your deal.
Findings you can act on. Diligence needs to be a value add for both the target company and the investor. We provide areas of opportunity and clear recommendations to address them, so everyone knows how long it should take and what it should cost.
Findings you can act on. Diligence needs to be a value add for both the target company and the investor. We provide areas of opportunity and clear recommendations to address them, so everyone knows how long it should take and what it should cost.
We stay if you want us to. The majority of our work comes from clients who brought us in to design solution approaches and asked us to implement them.
We stay if you want us to. The majority of our work comes from clients who brought us in to design solution approaches and asked us to implement them.
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