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Fractional CTO & Chief AI Officer

Tech-stack, AI and security decisions, made for your startup.

Your roadmap is waiting on decisions that need a technical lead you have not hired yet. I work with funded startups that are not AI-native.

Jitin Kapila, Chief AI Officer / CTO, with 15+ years in AI.

Book a 45-minute diagnostic

45 minutes · no pitch, no deck

What I take on

What I take off your plate.

  • Technology depthStack, architecture and build-or-buy calls, made by someone who has shipped production systems.
  • AI thinkingWhether AI is the right fix at all, where it earns its place, and what to leave alone.
  • Digital transformationMoving manual, spreadsheet-run work onto systems your team can run.

Cybersecurity is available as an add-on only. It is not part of the core offer.

How it starts

Advice first. Build can follow.

  1. Step 1

    Advisory

    About 3 to 4 hours a week. Advice only to begin with.

  2. Step 2

    Advise + build

    When the first decisions need building, build can follow.

The first call is a two-way depth test: do I complete what you already have, or duplicate it?

How it runs

How an engagement runs.

  1. 45-minute call

    The depth test: where you are, what is waiting, and whether I am the right fit.

  2. Written scope

    What I will take on, and what I will not.

  3. Weekly call

    A standing call to make the decisions that are waiting.

  4. 90-day review

    We look at what changed, then continue, change the scope or stop.

    • Continue

    • Change the scope

    • Stop

45-minute call, then Written scope, then Weekly call (every week), then 90-day review. After the review: Continue, Change the scope, Stop.

Proof

Background that matters here.

  • $90M+AI portfolio managedA managed portfolio, not a total computed from case outcomes.
  • 30+data scientists mentoredJunior and senior, at Nagarro.
  • 200+candidates evaluated; 50 people hiredAI hiring team at Nagarro, more than four years.
  • ISBCTO ProgrammeCompleted February 2026.

Available fractional and full-time remote.

What people say

Jitin also has a remarkable ability to simplify complex AI and engineering concepts for business leaders, enabling informed decision-making.”
Paramita NathDirector, Consumer technology, growth and product-led transformationWorked on the same team
He is a master class coding hand and can decompose any hard problem in to simple logic and quickly build a scalable and ready to implement solution.”
Kumarjit PathakDirector Data Science and AI at SigmoidMentor

Questions

Common questions.

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Who is this for?

Funded startups that are not AI-native, with decisions waiting on a technical lead they have not hired yet.

What do you take on?

Technology depth, AI thinking and digital transformation. Cybersecurity is available as an add-on only.

How much time per week?

About 3 to 4 hours a week, advisory first.

Do you build, or only advise?

Advice only to begin with. Build can follow.

Is security included?

Cybersecurity is an add-on only. It is not part of the core offer.

What does it cost?

Pricing is set after the first call and a written scope. There is no public rate card.