Discovery + Build engagement (3-4 months, fixed-fee)
$15,000
setup
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Fractional AI architect for businesses that want to win, not experiment
Roberto Martinez, founder of ELTIGRELABS, embedded with your team as fractional AI architect. We map your operation, identify the 3-5 highest-leverage AI plays for your specific business, build them with our team, and hand off documentation. No vendors, no theater — just the systems that move revenue.
14-day standard build
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EN/ES bilingual native
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Fixed-fee engagement
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Texas-based
The Problem
Most AI consultants sell decks and disappear. Software vendors sell features your team won't use. You need someone who has shipped 12+ AI systems in production — and treats your business like their own.
How it works
Five steps from kickoff to live in production
- 01Discovery: 2 weeks of operational mapping with you and 3-5 key team members
- 02AI opportunity matrix: every workflow scored on impact × feasibility × ROI 12-mo
- 03Build phase: 8-12 weeks deploying the top 3-5 plays (we do the work, your team learns)
- 04Handoff: Loom-recorded SOPs, runbooks, governance, escalation paths
- 05Quarterly retainer (optional): you keep us as on-call architect for evolving needs
"Built BOLTD — multi-tenant SaaS with 107 migrations and 38 edge functions in 6 months
Investment
Two engagement tiers, fixed-fee, no surprises
Most teams choose this
Discovery + Build + 12-month fractional CTO retainer (4 hrs/week guaranteed)
$25,000
setup
+ $5000/mo
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All engagements include onboarding, documentation, 30-day post-launch tuning, and quarterly architecture review for 12 months. Net-15 invoicing available for established businesses.
Frequently asked
What teams ask before signing
Why not hire an in-house AI engineer?
A senior AI engineer in TX runs $180-250K/year + 6-month ramp. We give you a shipped system in 4 months for less than 6 months of in-house salary, plus training so your team owns it.
Do you work with non-technical founders?
Most of our engagements are with non-technical founders. We translate the technical to business language. You make decisions; we execute.
What stack do you use?
Whatever fits your team. We default to: Anthropic Claude + OpenAI fallback (via our resilience router), Supabase, Stripe, Twilio, Cal.com, n8n for workflow connection. We avoid vendor lock-in.
How is this different from Bain or BCG AI practice?
They write 200-page reports. We ship working code. Their cheapest engagement is $250K. Ours starts at $15K. We're embedded operators, not advisors.
What if we need to change direction mid-build?
Built into the engagement. Discovery phase has a checkpoint at week 2 — if the matrix is wrong, we re-scope. Build phase has bi-weekly demos. Pivots are normal; what's not normal is finding out at month 6 that we built the wrong thing.
Want to know if this fits your business?
30-minute strategy call. No pitch deck. We map your ops live, tell you whether this service fits, and what we'd recommend if it doesn't.