RESIDENCY · 6–10 WEEKS + RETAINER

Embedded AI lead, fractional.

2–3 days a week with your team. Strategy, architecture, code review, hiring loops. The senior AI engineer you can't find to hire, without the founder cap-table conversation.

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Available for 1–2 partners at a time. Retainer-only.

BUILT FOR

Three founders we've worked with.

If one of these sounds like you, we should talk.

"We need an AI lead. We can't find one."

The senior AI engineer market in India is thin. You're stuck choosing between a junior who can prompt-engineer and a director who's never shipped. A Residency is the third option.

"Our AI work is stalling between sprints."

You shipped one AI feature with a contractor. Now nobody owns the roadmap, the prompt registry, the cost spikes. A Residency is that owner, without making it a full-time hire.

"We're between Series A and B and need senior judgment."

You can't hire a director-level AI eng yet. You're outgrowing what your seed-stage team can do solo. A Residency bridges the gap with senior calls without a senior salary.

WHAT YOU GET

The deliverables.

2–3 days a week embedded. Slack-resident, in standups, in PR reviews
Architecture + technical decisions across your AI surface
Code review on every AI-related PR
Eval + prompt + cost ownership
Hiring loop participation. Interviewing, leveling, calibration
Direct access. No agency layer, you Slack the engineer

TIMELINE

What happens, when.

Weeks 1–2

Onboarding. Read your code, understand your roadmap

Weeks 3–10

Embedded. Pick up sprints, ship features, mentor team

Month 3+

Retainer. Quarterly renewals, scope reviewed each quarter

HOW WE WORK

The engagement, end to end.

Step 1

Week zero: fit conversation

A 60-min call to understand your team, your roadmap, your stack. Mutual fit. If it's not right, we say so.

Step 2

Weeks 1–2: onboarding

We read your codebase. Sit in on your standups. Build a written map of what's there, what's missing, what's blocking. Delivered as a 1-page memo at the end of week 2.

Step 3

Weeks 3–10: embedded execution

2–3 days a week. We pick up tickets like a senior engineer. We're in your Slack, your Linear, your PR queue. You can DM as if we're an FTE.

Step 4

Month 3+: retainer

Renewed quarterly. Scope reviewed each renewal. You can ramp up to 4 days/week or down to 1 day/week. We give 4 weeks notice if we need to end the engagement; you give 2.

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