A fractional AI partner who actually builds.
From $8,500 a month: a senior AI engineer embedded in your business, shipping agents, MCP servers, and automations — every month. Not a strategy deck. Not a retainer that renews itself while nothing changes. Working software, and you own all of it.
Charlotte, NC + remote · Month to month · Everything built is yours · three partnerships at a time
You don't need an AI department. You need output.
A senior AI engineer runs $200K+ before benefits — and most mid-market operations don't have forty hours a week of AI work to keep one busy. What they have is a backlog: the quoting workflow nobody automated, the report someone still builds by hand, the agent idea that never got past “we should.”
Fractional means you get the senior engineer without the seat: a fixed slice of capacity each month, pointed at your highest-ROI build.
Every month, something ships.
A build queue, ranked by ROI
We keep a standing list of automation targets — from the audit roadmap, your team's requests, and what I see in your systems. Highest return builds first.
Working software in production
Agents, MCP servers, integrations, dashboards — built, deployed, and documented inside your infrastructure. Not prototypes.
Systems that stay healthy
What's already shipped gets maintained and hardened as your stack and volumes change. Automation that quietly breaks is worse than none.
A direct line
I lead every engagement, and you talk directly with whoever is doing the work. No account manager in the middle, no ticket queue, no telephone game.
What that looks like once it ships: the case studies cover an MCP server 50+ people use every day and finance reporting that no longer gets built by hand.
This is not a retainer.
- A retainer that bills whether value ships or not. If the build queue runs dry, I'll say so — it's month to month for a reason.
- A lock-in. Month to month; everything built — code, infrastructure, docs — is yours whether you stay or go.
- A junior farmed out under a senior's name. I lead the work and review everything that ships, and my own MCP and agent systems run in production today.
- A strategy subscription. Advice comes with the work, not instead of it.
One number, no timesheet. You're buying what ships.
Capped at three. I lead every partnership myself, so I run three at a time and no more.
What sets the number: the size of your build queue and how fast you want it worked down. For how that compares with a one-off build, see what AI automation actually costs.
Where it starts: partnerships begin after the $4,500 operations audit — its roadmap becomes the build queue, and the fee is credited toward your first build.
Built for operators with a backlog — not a headcount problem.
A fit if you're…
- Running $3M–$50M with real operations and no internal AI team
- Sitting on a backlog of “we should automate this” that never gets touched
- Past a first build and don't want the second one to sit in the backlog
- An owner who wants a senior builder accountable for results, not an agency handoff chain
Skip it if…
- You have 40 hours a week of AI work, every week — hire full-time, and I'll help you write the job description
- You want research and recommendations, not working software
- Nobody on your side owns outcomes between check-ins
What CEOs ask before we start.
What is a fractional AI partner?
A senior AI engineer who works inside your business on a part-time, ongoing basis — the accountability of a hire without the $200K seat. I keep a ranked queue of automation targets and ship from it every month: agents, MCP servers, integrations. You own everything that ships.
How is this different from an agency retainer?
An agency sells you a team and a process; a fractional partner gives you a senior engineer who leads the work and answers for the results. It runs month to month, and everything built — code, infrastructure, docs — is yours whether you stay or go.
What does it cost?
From $8,500 per month. The number scales with the size of the build queue and the pace you want — not hours on a timesheet. Every engagement starts with the $4,500 operations audit, so the ROI case exists before the partnership does.
How many fractional partnerships do you take on?
Three at a time. I lead every partnership myself, and the cap is what keeps each one a real share of senior attention instead of a slot on a calendar. When all three are taken, you can still start with the $4,500 operations audit, and the partnership begins when one opens.
Do you work remotely or on-site?
Based in Charlotte, NC, working with operators across the U.S. Most fractional work runs remote with scheduled on-sites — North Carolina companies get me in the building more often.
A note from Nick
From one operator to another.
If the work keeps outgrowing your team, your team is doing something right. The busywork grew with it, and that part can be fixed.
Before I wrote code, I built a sales company with 120+ reps on contract and 77 consistent producers. It taught me that a system only pays off when the people doing the work actually use it, so I build for the person who runs it every day, not for the demo.
We start by asking your team for their advice: where the week really goes, and what they'd fix first. The plan comes out of their answers, so it's already theirs when it ships.
Nick George · Charlotte, NC
What a client said
“His code was elegant and precise, and his communication was clear and prompt. … The task was extremely complex … Nicholas diligently worked, and implemented an impeccable solution.”
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three partnerships at a time, each one led by me. Never more.
If the backlog keeps growing, that's the signal.
Start with the audit: one week, $4,500, and the roadmap becomes the build queue. If it doesn't surface savings worth more than its cost, you don't pay.
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