The model
Strategy and execution. Same package. Same team.
Technical Partnership combines a senior technical lead (20h/month) with a 2–4 person dev squad. The lead handles architecture decisions, stack choices, and roadmap. The squad builds. You get technical clarity and product progress at the same time. Without contracting two separate things.
CTO + Agency vs. Technical Partnership.
Senior CTO in the open market: $25k–40k/month + equity + 4–6 months of recruitment. Agency running in parallel: $25k–60k/project, rotating who works with you. All-in: $50k–100k/month, two contracts to manage, zero guarantee that strategy and execution are aligned.
Architecture that won't trap you
The decisions of the first months determine the cost of scaling for the next two years. Our technical lead has seen this movie before. And knows where the traps are.
Roadmap aligned with the business
Not just what gets built. In what order, why, and what can wait. Technical priorities that make sense to investors and to product.
A squad that ships without checking with you on every decision
Clear technical leadership means the squad doesn't bring micro-decisions to your inbox.
Technical decisions you can defend
In a board meeting. To an investor. To your future technical hire. Without having taken anything on faith.
Help with your technical hiring
When the time comes to hire in-house, we help define profiles and evaluate candidates. No vendor lock-in.
Initial technical diagnostic included
Stack, tech debt, risks, and opportunities mapped and delivered in writing in week one.
Strategy every week. Execution every day.
The first 90 days are different from a squad-only engagement. Here's how.
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Week 1: technical diagnostic
The technical lead maps current state: stack, tech debt, architecture risks, and what to fix first. You get a written report with prioritized findings.
- 2
Days 8 to 30: first 90-day roadmap
What the squad will build, in what order, and why. Stack decisions, critical integrations, measurable milestones.
- 3
Weekly strategy session
One to two hours per week with the technical lead. Architecture decisions, progress review, priority adjustments, answers to questions that came up in the sprint.
- 4
Squad executing daily
While strategy is adjusted weekly, the 2–4 dev squad ships. You see progress every week, not at the end of the month.
Technical Partnership is right for you if…
Three founder-shaped situations where this model beats the alternatives.
You're a non-technical founder
Building a tech product but no co-founder making architecture decisions with you. Hiring a CTO now is too early and too expensive.
You have a junior CTO who needs senior backup
Your head of tech is good at execution but hasn't made scale decisions before. Our technical lead becomes the mentor they needed.
You're about to fundraise and want the tech in order
Technical due diligence is real. Documented architecture, mapped tech debt, and a credible roadmap matter at the negotiation table.
Pricing at a glance
Strategy + execution combined. 6-month minimum protects the diagnostic-to-result cycle.
Strategy and execution. Without choosing one.
One contract. One team. Two layers of work.
Senior technical lead (20h/month)
Weekly strategy sessions, architecture decisions, critical code review, mentoring for the internal team.
Initial technical diagnostic
Complete mapping of stack, tech debt, risks and opportunities. Delivered in week one.
Quarterly technical roadmap
Multi-quarter planning aligned with business goals and the team's real capacity.
2–4 person dev squad
Hands-on roadmap execution. The same engineers, sprint after sprint.
Hiring support
When the right moment to hire internally arrives, we help define profiles and evaluate candidates.
6-month minimum, then 30-day notice
The first six months protect the diagnostic-to-result cycle. After that, you cancel any time.
What our clients say.
Real teams. Real numbers. Linked to the engagement they ran.
Got a technical decision weighing on you right now?
A free 30-minute diagnostic call. You leave with clarity on the technical state of your product and which calls can't wait.
