Fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO)
Senior AI Leadership & Executive Oversight—On Demand
AI adoption requires executive leadership, but most mid-market organizations and high-growth platforms don't need a full-time, C-suite AI salary. Ethos provides embedded, fractional CAIO leadership to bridge the gap between AI strategy, regulatory risk, and operational execution. We sit alongside your board and executive team to set enterprise AI roadmaps, establish risk thresholds, oversee vendor selection, and ensure every AI initiative maps directly to business value and compliance standards.
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How we start
A discovery call and scoping assessment, then an in-depth interview and maturity assessment. What we learn sets the roadmap priorities and the shape of the engagement.
What we assess
- AI use cases and tools in use, including unmonitored ones
- How AI initiatives align with business strategy
- Current risk thresholds and compliance posture
- Third-party models, vendors and data flows
- Who owns AI decisions today, and team capability
Key deliverables
- Strategic AI Roadmap & Portfolio Prioritization: Defining high-ROI use cases while sunsetting fragmented, unmonitored tools.
- Executive & Board Governance: Serving as the dedicated executive voice for AI risk, compliance (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF), and fiduciary oversight.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Unifying legal, technical, product, and finance teams around shared AI guardrails.
- Vendor & Infrastructure Vetting: Ensuring third-party model integrations meet strict security and data lineage policies.
Start with a discovery call
Discovery call → scoping assessment → in-depth interview and maturity assessment.