Korey Dillon · LatentAxis
Fractional Chief AI Officer
A fractional Chief AI Officer is the executive who owns AI for your company without the full-time hire. The seat reports to the CEO and owns a measured P&L outcome rather than a pilot: one workflow where AI pays, valued, built and running, with a number the board can read each month.
What you get
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The workflow where AI pays
Identified and valued: what it returns and what it costs to run, before anything is built.
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The first version, built and running
Inside your environment, in the hands of the people who do the work.
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A monthly number the board can read
One figure, reported every month: value delivered against run cost.
Who it is for
PE-backed and growth-stage companies, typically $20 million to $500 million in revenue, that do not have an AI executive and do not need a full-time one yet.
I work with private equity operating partners and portfolio company CEOs.
How it compares
| Full-time CAIO | Consulting firm | Fractional CAIO | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost model | Salary, bonus and equity | Project fees for a team | Monthly retainer |
| Time to first result | Months, after the search | After the assessment phase | Weeks, on one workflow |
| Who builds | A team still to be hired | A delivery team you rent | The person who advises |
| What you keep | A permanent executive | A report and a roadmap | A running system and its numbers |
About Korey
- 3x founder
- 2x CTO
- U.S. Air Force veteran
- Author of a published working paper on agentic AI value and run cost: Forecast, Measure, Optimize
Questions
- What does a fractional Chief AI Officer do?
- Owns AI for the company without the full-time hire. The seat reports to the CEO, finds the workflow where AI pays, puts a value and a run cost on it, gets the first version built and running, and reports one number to the board each month.
- How is it different from a consultant?
- A consultant hands over a recommendation. A fractional Chief AI Officer holds the seat and answers for the result: the person who makes the recommendation also builds the first version and reports the number afterward.
- How long is an engagement?
- Engagements run month to month and are reviewed each quarter. The aim is a team that can carry the work forward without me, or a full-time hire once the company is ready for one.
- Who does the building?
- I do. I build the first version myself, inside your environment, alongside the people who will run it, so your team owns it when I step back.