For YC founders · Fractional CTO
You have the product vision.
I'll own the engineering.
Non-technical founder building an AI or SaaS product? I step in as your fractional CTO — architecture decisions, hiring the first engineers, shipping the product, and talking to investors about the tech. No full-time CTO hire needed at your stage.
Who this is for
You're a non-technical co-founder or solo founder with a working idea and no CTO yet
You're building an AI product, SaaS tool, or developer-facing platform
You need someone who can make real technical decisions, not just give advice
You're at prototype, launched, or early revenue — not pre-idea
What I handle
Everything technical, end to end.
Architecture
Tech stack decisions, AI product design, infra choices that don't box you in at Series A.
Shipping
MVP to production. I write code and I lead engineers — no hand-holding required.
Team
Hire the first 2–3 engineers, set up code review, define what good looks like.
Investor prep
Technical due diligence, architecture docs, the CTO conversation in your fundraise.
Why trust me with your stack
I build things myself. Not just manage them.
- Built LeadCognition solo end-to-end — Bun, Hono, Postgres, Cloudflare Workers, live in production
- Full-stack AI/SaaS: GitHub signal pipeline, LLM enrichment, real-time webhooks, billing
- 17 years across four companies — two as CTO, two as solo technical founder
- Currently in YC StartupSchool co-founder matching
How it works
Start with a conversation, not a contract.
01
30-min call
Tell me what you're building, where you're stuck technically, and what a CTO would unblock for you. No pitch, just a real conversation.
02
Discovery sprint
2–4 weeks. I assess your stack, architecture choices, and technical roadmap. You get a concrete decision document: what to build, in what order.
03
Fractional engagement
Weekly retainer or fixed project. I'm in Slack, reviewing PRs, talking to your engineers, and in the room for technical investor conversations.
Tell me what you're building
and what's
blocking you technically.
AI SaaS · developer tools · B2B platforms. Discovery sprint in 2–4 weeks, then a retainer or fixed project.