Your MVP was supposed to be temporary. That was 2 years ago. It's now your production system — and it's held together with duct tape. Fractional CTOs advise but don't build. Dev shops build what you describe but don't think about what investors evaluate. Neither takes ownership of your product's technical destiny. For 90 days, I become your technical co-founder — building your core architecture, hiring your first engineers, setting up infrastructure, and creating the technical narrative that raises money. Then I transition out, leaving you with a production system, a team, and a playbook. 80% of sprint clients raise their next round within 6 months.
You're a non-technical founder with a validated idea and seed capital. Every dev shop quotes €100K+ and 6 months for an MVP — and what they build won't survive investor DD because they've never been through one.
Fractional CTOs give advice but don't build. You get strategy sessions and architecture diagrams, but nobody actually writes code or ships anything. You're paying for opinions, not outcomes.
Your contractors built a prototype that works for demos but falls apart under real usage. Investors keep asking about your 'technical team' and you don't have a good answer. The Permanent MVP is bleeding credibility.
You need someone who will own the technical outcome — not just consult on it — but hiring a full-time CTO at this stage burns too much equity and cash. You need a builder who arrives, builds, hires, transfers, and leaves.
A structured, intensive engagement where I embed as your technical co-founder. Not advising from the side — building from the inside. Month by month, the engagement progresses from building to hiring to handover.
Design production-ready architecture, build core product, set up infrastructure (CI/CD, monitoring, security). Ship v1 to real users. Using the Auralink methodology that produced 319 microservices in 2 months.
Recruit and onboard your first 2-3 engineers. Establish coding standards, create technical documentation, build the engineering culture. Begin knowledge transfer while continuing to build.
Complete knowledge transfer. Create engineering playbook — coding standards, CI/CD processes, deployment procedures, incident response. Prepare investor-ready technical materials. Conduct mock DD. Graceful exit.
A startup co-founding methodology built from building AuraLinkOS (319 microservices, ~20 AI agents in 2 months) and mentoring 30+ startups from idea to Series B. Optimized for speed, quality, and clean handover.
Non-technical founders with €500K+ seed capital and a validated idea who need a builder, not an advisor. Solo technical founders who need a senior architect to set the foundation right. Accelerator alumni (YC, Techstars, SkyDeck) who have mentorship but need execution. You want someone who takes ownership of the outcome — and has the track record to prove they can deliver.
A fractional CTO advises 5-10 hours per week — they help you decide what to build. I embed full-time for 90 days and actually build it. I write code, set up infrastructure, hire engineers, create documentation, and prepare investor materials. The output isn't a strategy deck — it's a production system with a team running it.
You have a production product, a hired engineering team, complete documentation, and a 6-month roadmap. I transition out cleanly. If you want ongoing advisory (architecture reviews, fundraising prep, scaling guidance), we can set up a light retainer. But the goal is full independence — success means you don't need me.
Equity alignment (1-3%) means I have skin in the game. I'm not optimizing for a beautiful handover document — I'm optimizing for your company's success. That said, I never require equity. Cash-only engagements work well too. The equity option is for founders who want maximum alignment.
Auralink is the proof: 319 microservices, ~20 AI agents, 200+ integrations — built by one person in 2 months using AI-augmented development. Your product is almost certainly less complex than Auralink. Month 1 is build, Month 2 is hire + continue building, Month 3 is transfer + polish. Most sprints have a working product in production within 4-6 weeks.
I'm stack-agnostic with deep expertise in: Go, Python, TypeScript/Node.js for backend. React/Next.js for frontend. PostgreSQL, Redis, and vector databases for data. AWS, GCP, and self-hosted for infrastructure. For AI: PyTorch, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, LangChain, RAG/GraphRAG architectures, multi-agent systems, and fine-tuning. I choose the stack that's right for your stage and team — not the one I'm most comfortable with.
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