AI Implementation · Fractional CTO

Executive technology judgment, on demand.

Pelo Labs gives your business the technical leadership you're seeking — someone who evaluates your AI tools, owns your roadmap, and governs your vendors, without the overhead of a full-time hire.

Start with an assessment See how it works
2 founders, full technical + commercial coverage
Max 2 client relationships at a time, by design
Project engagements starting at $2.5K
1
Assess

A scoped project — readiness assessment, technology audit, or vendor evaluation — that maps where you stand and what to do first.

2–4 weeks · fixed fee
2
Decide

Build vs. buy, which vendor, what order. Clear recommendations backed by an executive technical voice in the room.

delivered with every project
3
Govern

An ongoing retainer keeps a fractional CTO watching your stack — vendors governed, risks flagged, roadmap moving.

retainers starting at $1,250/mo
The gap

Someone is already making these calls. Just not on purpose.

Like most growing businesses, you probably lean on your IT provider for technology guidance. But keeping your systems running is a different job from deciding which software to buy, what's worth building instead, or where AI actually fits your business — so those calls keep landing on people whose job is something else entirely.

DecisionWho's actually making itWhat it costs you
Evaluating AI tools
The CEO or a department head, between other things
Biased selection, poor fit, wasted spend
Governing vendors
No one — contracts quietly auto-renew
Cost sprawl, redundant tools
Overseeing dev projects
The dev team or agency, with no internal owner
Scope creep, missed deadlines
Setting AI strategy
Nobody — decisions made reactively, as needs arise
No coherent direction, duplicated effort
How we work

Start with a project. Stay for the judgment.

Project engagements

$3,500 – $6,500

AI Opportunity & Readiness Assessment

  • Tool & vendor inventory with ROI read
  • 3–5 highest-value use cases identified
  • Data readiness & infrastructure gaps
$3,000 – $5,000

Technology Snapshot Audit

  • Full SaaS & vendor spend rationalization
  • Infrastructure & integration review
  • Security posture & risk prioritization
$2,500 – $4,500

AI Vendor & Software Evaluation

  • Requirements gathered from stakeholders
  • Side-by-side evaluation, up to 3 options
  • Compatibility, scalability, TCO analysis
$2,500 – $5,000

AI Project Governance Setup

  • Review of existing SOW & delivery structure
  • Sprint cadence & acceptance criteria
  • Budget tracking & change-order process

Monthly retainer

Essentials

from $1,250/mo
  • Monthly 90-minute strategy session
  • Tool and vendor support, up to 2 hrs/mo
  • Quarterly summary report
Most common

Standard

from $2,750/mo
  • Bi-weekly 60-minute sessions
  • Up to 5 hrs/mo advisory
  • Ongoing AI stack monitoring
  • Vendor governance, 24-hr response SLA

Engaged

Contact us
  • Weekly 45-minute check-ins
  • Up to 10 hrs/mo advisory
  • Quarterly leadership meeting seat
  • Full vendor registry management
Who this is for

Built for businesses already in motion

  • Running two or more AI tools already — ChatGPT, Copilot, custom GPT wrappers
  • An active AI-adjacent build underway with an agency or freelance team
  • Ready to invest in AI, unsure which vendors to trust or how to size ROI
  • A stalled or failed technology project somewhere in the last 18 months
  • A CEO or COO carrying technology decisions, who knows that's not sustainable
Founders

The people behind Pelo Labs

Chief Technology Officer

Nathan

Senior technology leader with deep experience directing enterprise-scale platforms, AI/ML infrastructure, and multi-vendor technology governance for one of the world's largest research organizations.
Scope at Pelo Labs
Technology assessments, AI roadmap development, product validation, architecture review, research & methodology.
Director of Business Development

Sammy

Years of front-line experience in the SMB technology market — from hands-on IT infrastructure and networking buildouts to guiding businesses through vendor and technology decisions — with a clear view of where strategic guidance is most urgently missing.
Scope at Pelo Labs
Pipeline & prospecting, discovery and proposals, IT infrastructure & networking setup, partner relationships, go-to-market.
Client stories

Results, in our clients' words

Reliable Office Services
Remote reception & office support · Founder-led SMB
reliableos.com ↗
Engagement

Evaluated various pain points — communication gaps, missed tasks, and time-consuming repetitive work — and identified where and how AI-enabled technologies could improve efficiency, cost, and speed.

Outcome

Optimized several business processes with the help of customized AI tools, including configuring a multi-inbox messaging platform to consolidate client communications with routing workflows.

"Clients were asking us to provide faster service at the same price and reliability. Pelo came to the rescue — they researched our needs, guided us step by step, and set up the right AI tech to meet and exceed those demands."

Yitzi Fellner · Founder & CEO, Reliable Office Services
Coming soon

Additional client stories will appear here as engagements conclude.

Pilot program

One pilot seat. A real result, at a real discount.

We're opening one pilot engagement at 50% off, plus 25% off the first three months of a follow-on retainer — in exchange for a testimonial and permission to publish an anonymized case study.