The Discovery Call
Free · 30 minutes
Half an hour, no pitch. We learn how your business runs and where the biggest leverage is. Bring one process that eats too much time — that's all we need.
Fractional AI Leadership
Your business, powered smarter.
We help owner-led service businesses build AI-powered systems. We find the highest-ROI opportunities, build them, and transfer full ownership to you. Not an agency. Not just advice.
Free 30-minute call · No pitch · Real systems, not slides
How the practice actually runs
Free · 30 min
The discovery call. See where the leverage is.
100%
You own everything we build. Walk away anytime.
Month to month
No long contracts. We earn our spot.
Built for the businesses that run the real world.
Professional services, home and commercial services, healthcare practices — businesses where the work is real and the time is short.
If someone on your team is already using AI on their own, that's a sign — not a problem. What you need is a straight answer about what's worth doing, from someone who'll build it with you.
Accounting firms
Engineering firms
MSPs & IT companies
Marketing agencies
Architecture firms
Consulting firms
HVAC & plumbing
Electrical & roofing
Restoration services
Dental practices
Chiropractic clinics
Physical therapy
Plenty of names for what we're not
AI agency
Automation shop
ChatGPT consultant
Trainer with a slide deck
Fractional AI executive
We sit on your side of the table, the way a fractional CFO would. The deliverable is a business outcome you can measure.
It starts with a conversation.
A discovery call sets the direction. A first build proves the value. The partnership grows from there.
The First Build
Scoped on the call · ~4 weeks
We take the highest-ROI opportunity, fix the process behind it, and build the system live inside your tools. You see it working before you commit to anything else.
The CAIO Partnership
Ongoing · month to month
If the first build earns it, there's an option to keep going — a fractional Chief AI Officer seat, month to month. You direct the priorities, we keep building. Each system makes the next one faster.
Four steps. No theatre.
We diagnose how you operate, design the fix, prove it with a build, and grow from there.
01 · Call
We discover and diagnose
Free, 30 minutes. We learn how your business runs and pinpoint where the real constraint is — not just where it hurts.
02 · Scope
We design the fix
A second call. We prioritize the highest-impact move and show the math behind it — what it's costing you and what fixing it returns.
03 · First Build
We deploy it
We fix the process, then build the system live inside your tools. Your team learns to run it.
04 · Partnership
We develop the next one
If it makes sense to keep going, you direct priorities and we keep building. Each system compounds — the operation gets simpler as we go, not more complex.
Six principles behind every recommendation.
These show up in everything we recommend and everything we ship.
01
Business before AI
If it doesn't move the business, we don't build it.
02
Strategy before software
Understand the problem first. Sometimes the answer is a better process, not a tool.
03
Never automate a broken process
Automating a mess just makes the mess faster. Fix it first.
04
Measurable ROI, every time
Every build is justified with real math before it starts.
05
You own everything
Your tools, your data, your IP. Remove us and everything keeps working.
06
Reduce complexity
Fewer moving parts, not more.
Our promise
We will never recommend technology because it's interesting. We only recommend it when it improves the business.
The goal isn't more software. It's a business that runs lighter.
Every engagement ends with something live in your business that wasn't there before — and a team that knows how to run it.
Clearer decisions
You know where to invest next, and why.
Simpler operations
Fewer moving parts. Less duplicated work. Clear ownership of what runs where.
Faster execution
Work moves through the business without stalling on one overloaded person.
More capacity
Your team spends its time on the work that actually grows the business.
Measurable AI ROI
When AI shows up, it's because the math justified it — not because it's trendy.
What you walk away with
A working system solving a real problem. A team that runs it without us in the room. And when people ask what changed: the business got simpler.
The questions people actually ask.
We're a local service business, not a tech company. Is this really for us?
You're exactly who this is for. The businesses with the most repetitive paperwork and the least spare time usually have the most to gain. Nothing we build requires a technical team on your side.
We're doing fine without AI. Do we really need this?
Fine still leaks hours every week into work nobody should be doing by hand. The call is free — you leave knowing the one move worth making first.
Why fractional? Why not just hire someone full-time?
Same reason you'd hire a fractional CFO. A real seat at the table, sized to the work you actually need done.
How is this different from an AI agency or consultant?
An agency sells you their platform. A consultant hands you a deck. We build inside the tools you already own. You keep everything, even if we part ways. What changes is measurable, not just delivered.
What actually happens on the call?
Thirty minutes, no slides. We walk through how your business runs and point to the one move worth making first. If it makes sense, we scope options on a second call.
What does an engagement actually deliver?
One high-ROI system, live inside your tools, solving a real problem. Your team learns to run it. If it makes sense to keep going, we move to the next opportunity.
Does the partnership ever end?
It's month to month. If it stops making sense, you keep everything and part ways clean.
How does pricing work?
We learn your numbers on the discovery call, then walk through options anchored to that math on a follow-up. You pick the pace.
Free 30-minute call
Let's see what we can do for you.
Thirty minutes, no pitch. You leave with a clear read on the one move worth making first.
- 01 Pick a time Grab a 30-minute slot. Think of one process that eats too much time.
- 02 We talk, and we show you An honest look at how you work today and where the biggest leverage is.
- 03 You leave with a clear next step The one move worth making first. If it makes sense, we scope options on a second call.
Prefer email?
gabriel@aesirops.com