What does an AI consultant do?

An AI consultant helps organizations develop and execute AI strategies from concept to production. This includes: assessing AI readiness, creating AI roadmaps, selecting technologies and vendors, designing ML system architectures, implementing governance frameworks, and building technical teams.

What is a fractional CAIO?

A Fractional Chief AI Officer provides part-time executive-level AI leadership without the cost of a full-time hire. Responsibilities include: setting AI strategy, evaluating technologies, guiding technical teams, managing AI governance, and advising C-suite on AI opportunities.

AI Consulting for Enterprises | Strategy to Deployment

Does your company need help with AI Use Cases, Implementation & Strategy?

👉 If the answer is yes, get in touch with me via email at [email protected]

I usually work directly with AI/Engineering/Product leaders & their teams who are planning to launch AI use cases to production and help them in various ways:

Identification of impactful AI use cases for the relevant domain and industry e.g. e-Commerce, FinTech, Manufacturing etc.
Reviewing of internal data assets to validate the feasibility, utility and business impact of the use case
Implementation of the Strategy and Roadmap to build the AI solution for the particular use case
Prioritisation of the multiple steps involved in experimentation, development and deployment of the final solution
Organisational training in specific AI tools and technologies required to build the AI solution
Hiring and Mentoring of Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers as well as AI Team/Org development
Strategy for monitoring and continuous training and active learning from real-world data to ensure high performance

Here are some examples of the AI problems I have previously solved for my clients:

Gen AI for Business automation for SMBs
Gen AI for Content Creation & Marketing
LLMs for B2B E-Commerce use cases
Fine Tuning LLMs for Domain-specific use cases
LLM Selection and Evaluation for AI Startups
Generative AI Pricing and Monetisation for AI-SaaS startups
Machine Learning Tools & Infrastructure for Tech Startups
Data engineering strategy for D2C E-Commerce startups
AI & Data Science team building strategy
AI team development and upskilling

Why should you work with me?

I have worked on complex problems related to the brain & AI across a variety of organisations, domains, work cultures, and scale. These diverse experiences have provided me a unique perspective and ability to recognise patterns across different types of problems and domains to build custom strategies and solutions.

Academia (Oxford, UCL, ENS) x UK & France (Oxford, London, Paris)
Big Tech (Amazon Alexa AI) x USA (Seattle)
Unicorn B2C Startup (Swiggy) x India (Bangalore)
Seed-stage B2B Startup (Docsumo) x India (Bangalore)
Founder & Independent Consultant x India (Bangalore)

I also speak the language of different professionals and domains, thereby ensuring efficient cross-functional collaboration:

Software engineers to Data Scientists to AI/ML Engineers
Technical Product and Program Managers
Business Development & GTM professionals
Sales, Customer Success & Marketing professionals
Executive leaders in Engineering and Product
CEOs and CTOs of Tech companies
Principals & Partners at VC & Investment firms
Clients from India, Europe, UK, Canada, USA

👉 I will work with you to increase the likelihood of successful outcomes while minimising risk and organisational time & effort.

What are the different ways in which we can collaborate?

1. Monthly subscription

Consultation details: We connect online for 1-2 x 45mins calls on a weekly basis while being in constant touch via email, WhatsApp, Slack, Discord etc. Most of the consultation will be done asynchronously.
Time commitment: Minimum duration of 1 month (extensible)
Pricing: Connect to get a quote

2. Project-specific consultation

Consultation details: We will work together on a specific project with well-defined deliverables and milestones. We will collaborate regularly via weekly online calls as well as on-site visits of 1-3 days per month to work with your team as needed.
Time commitment: Minimum duration of 3 months; to be decided upfront
Pricing: Connect to get a quote

3. Strategic consultation

Consultation details: I will collaborate with you as a fractional Head of AI. We will start from scratch by defining the use case, building the roadmap, aligning the relevant stakeholders to get buy-in, researching the strategies for solutions, planning the project as per your timelines and milestones, conducting sprint planning and retrospectives, hiring AI/ML engineers, and executing the project. We will collaborate regularly via weekly online calls as well as on-site visits of 1-2 weeks per month to work closely with your team.
Time commitment: Minimum duration of 3 months; to be decided upfront
Pricing: Connect to get a quote

4. One-off consultation

Consultation details: Until you have decided on the right consultation plan, I can offer one-off consultation via online calls.

Time commitment: Maximum 3 sessions of 1 hour duration each
Pricing: Connect to get a quote

Terms & Conditions

I typically sign an NDA before we discuss the consultation and an MSA upon agreeing the final terms of the contract.
You can choose to pay via Stripe (USD + fees) or bank transfer (INR).
Get started by emailing me at [email protected]

How do we work together to successfully achieve your AI project goals?

1: Introduction

After you get in touch, we meet to discuss your specific problem statements, goals, timelines, budget etc.
You provide a document with detailed scope of work including deliverables, timelines, levels of engagement etc.
- I can also sign an NDA to facilitate sharing of proprietary information necessary for the project
Based on your requirement and scope of work, I share a consulting proposal with detailed roadmap and pricing
We discuss and agree on all the necessary details and sign the contract to start working together!

2: Onboarding

You share the relevant documentation, code etc. about the project including current progress, milestones and metrics
I work with you and your team to finalise the roadmap, deliverables and timelines for completing the project

3: Execution

Based on the type of consultation you desire (details above), I start working with you and your team on a regular basis
We meet on a weekly/biweekly cadence to review updates, discuss feedback, and plan for the next stage/sprint

4: Completion

We meet and discuss the delivery and success of the project as per the agreed roadmap, milestones and metrics
We produce a summary of the overall engagement, continue our collaboration on other AI projects, share feedback etc.