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Build leadership that ships with your team.

Most fractional CTOs advise. The Tech Bay ships. For funded startups and serious companies across France, Morocco, French- and English-speaking Africa (Lagos, Nairobi, Cape Town, Accra, Kigali), and the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi). Senior product and technical leadership without full-time overhead.

All prices in EUR. Morocco-based clients — MAD invoicing available on request.

Startup building → Ship Sprint or Build + Lead · AI into ops → AI Implementation · Established company → Innovation Partner · Complex mandate → Studio Embed

Fractional CTO

Same offer as Work together — scoped by stage and intensity.

Ship Sprint

from €6,200 per month

~16 hours per week

Focused build cycle — typically 6–8 weeks to a shippable v1

For pre-seed and seed startups with an idea or scrappy MVP — need a revenue-ready product before the runway clock runs out.

How we work

  • Bi-weekly founder sync — priorities, blockers, and scope
  • Architecture and stack locked in week one
  • Design, mobile, web, and backend shipped in parallel
  • Weekly demo of working software — not slide updates
  • Hire / no-hire guidance for the first engineers
  • Async access via Slack (48-hour response time)

What you walk away with

  • Shipped v1 in agreed scope
  • Technical foundation document
  • Deployment path — web live and/or App Store submission
  • Clear upgrade path to Build + Lead
Outcome

A product you can put in front of users and investors — not a deck.

3-month minimum · month-to-month after

Most popular

Build + Lead

€7,800 per month

~20 hours per week

Ongoing fractional CTO — architecture and implementation

For post-seed to Series A startups actively building — missing senior build leadership across the full stack.

How we work

  • Weekly founder sync — strategy, priorities, and delivery
  • The Tech Bay owns architecture and implementation
  • Code in your repo — not recommendations in a doc
  • CI/CD, quality gates, and technical debt triage
  • Production incident support during critical outages
  • Hiring and contractor oversight when the team grows
  • Async access via Slack (24-hour response time)

What you walk away with

  • Continuous shipping cadence
  • Architecture Decision Records
  • 90-day build roadmap, updated quarterly
  • Monthly progress memo — shipped, risks, next
  • Team and hiring playbook when ready
Outcome

One accountable build engine — the fractional CTO who actually ships.

3-month minimum

AI Implementation

One industry pain, one workflow, one shippable system — measurable outcome, not a chatbot demo.

AI Ops Teardown

from €1,000 fixed

~48-hour turnaround

Deep dive on one workflow — blueprint to production, not a generic AI audit

For operators who already feel the pain in one process — intake, quotes, support, reporting — and need a clear, paid implementation plan before committing to a build.

How we work

  • Kickoff on the single workflow that costs the most
  • Map current tools, data, handoffs, and failure points
  • Score AI leverage vs. simpler automation
  • Define success metrics you can measure in 30 days
  • Written blueprint with scope, stack, and risk callouts

What you walk away with

  • Workflow map + bottleneck diagnosis
  • Prioritized implementation blueprint
  • ROI / hours-saved estimate
  • Clear path into AI Workflow Sprint
Outcome

You know exactly what to build, what it should save, and what it will take — before spending on a sprint.

Fixed scope · 50% before kickoff · remainder on delivery

Cash-now favorite

AI Workflow Sprint

from €2,500 per engagement

~5–7 day ship cycle

Ship one AI-augmented workflow into live ops

For teams ready to stop demoing and start running — one painful workflow wired into production tools your people already use.

How we work

  • Lock one workflow and one success metric on day one
  • Integrate with your existing stack (CRM, email, Sheets, Slack, APIs)
  • Build the pipeline — prompts, retrieval, guards, handoffs
  • Ship a working system operators can run without you
  • Handoff notes + 7-day async support after go-live

What you walk away with

  • Live workflow in production (agreed scope)
  • Operator runbook
  • Before/after measurement plan
  • Optional follow-on week quoted separately
Outcome

A boring, paid outcome — fewer hours, fewer errors, or more revenue — delivered by AI you can keep.

Fixed engagement · 50% before start · remainder on go-live

Innovation & tech consulting

For established and corporate teams — de-risk first, ship a credible v1, scale when ready.

Innovation Partner

from €3,800 per month

~8 hours per week

Corporate innovation & AI — audit, strategy, and path to a credible v1

For established companies and corporate innovation teams weighing AI, build-vs-buy, or a credible v1 — de-risk before committing budget.

How we work

  • Bi-weekly stakeholder sync
  • AI and innovation audit in the first cycle
  • Build-vs-buy decision framework
  • Scoped v1 definition with realistic timeline
  • Optional build phase quoted separately
  • Async access between sessions

What you walk away with

  • Audit report — honest assessment, no fluff
  • Prioritized use-case map
  • v1 scope, timeline, and success criteria
  • Vendor and stack recommendations
  • Path to production — build in-house or partner
Outcome

De-risk the initiative — then ship a credible v1 instead of a pilot that never lands.

2-month audit + scope phase · month-to-month after

Studio Embed

Custom

~3–5 days per week

Complex & embedded mandates

Acting CTO during a permanent search · multi-product portfolio · M&A technical diligence · platform migration or large refactor · scaling past a single product team.

Free — a few each month

Free product teardown

Send a product or idea. Get back a sharp teardown — architecture, AI opportunities, and the fastest path to shipping. No pitch.

Free AI & innovation audit

For established companies weighing AI or innovation. Clear-eyed audit and fastest path to a working v1. No pitch.

Situations we take

Product, technology, and innovation problems — not only “we need a CTO.” Pick the situation; we name the engagement.

  • Pre-seed / seed with demand but no revenue-ready product Ship Sprint
  • MVP that won't survive first real users Ship Sprint or free product teardown
  • Need a live demo for fundraising in weeks Ship Sprint
  • No technical co-founder / weak tech leadership Build + Lead
  • Agency-delivered codebase nobody owns Build + Lead
  • Hiring first engineers — need architecture + hire/no-hire Ship Sprint or Build + Lead
  • Production debt, missing CI/CD, or incident ownership Build + Lead
  • Acting CTO while searching a permanent hire Studio Embed
  • Platform migration, large refactor, or M&A tech diligence Studio Embed
  • Board wants AI — no clear workflow yet Free AI audit → Innovation Partner or AI Implementation
  • One painful ops workflow to automate with a measurable before/after AI Implementation
  • Corporate innovation needs a credible v1, not another pilot Innovation Partner
  • Existing product needs an AI / architecture path Free product teardown → Ship Sprint or Build + Lead
  • Remote team in UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi) needing shipping ownership Build + Lead or Innovation Partner
  • Founders in Africa hubs (Lagos, Nairobi, Cape Town, Accra, Kigali) needing a remote build partner Ship Sprint or Build + Lead

What we don’t do

The Tech Bay does not do distribution, fundraising, open-ended body-shop development, or generic ChatGPT wrappers for “everyone.” The best fit: you already own demand — and need one partner who ships a real system into your ops.

Frequently asked questions

How is a fractional CTO different from a dev agency?

An agency sells hours and handoffs across roles. The Tech Bay is one accountable build engine — design through production ops — with founder-grade ownership. You get continuity, not a rotating bench.

How is Build + Lead different from advisory fractional CTOs?

Most fractional CTOs review code and run calls. The Tech Bay writes the code, owns the architecture, and ships to production — the same engine behind products on the public shelf.

How is AI Implementation different from the free AI audit or Innovation Partner?

The free audit is a high-level read on where AI could matter. AI Ops Teardown and Workflow Sprint are paid delivery — one workflow, blueprint or live system, measurable outcome. Innovation Partner is the longer corporate path: strategy, build-vs-buy, and scoped v1 over months.

Can we start with Ship Sprint and upgrade?

Yes. Ship Sprint is designed to reach a shippable v1, then roll into Build + Lead for ongoing delivery — without losing context or rebuilding the stack.

What if scope exceeds the tier?

Scope is agreed upfront each cycle. If priorities shift, The Tech Bay re-scopes transparently before work continues — no surprise invoices.

Do you work with non-technical founders?

Often. The Tech Bay translates business goals into shipped software — you bring market insight and distribution; the studio brings the build.

What are the minimum engagement and cancellation terms?

Ship Sprint and Build + Lead require a 3-month initial commitment, then month-to-month. AI Ops Teardown and AI Workflow Sprint are fixed engagements with 50% before start. Innovation Partner starts with a 2-month audit and scope phase. Discovery calls are free — no obligation.

Do you work with startups in Dubai or Abu Dhabi?

Yes. We work remotely with founders and tech teams in the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), primarily in English (French on request). You get a fractional CTO who ships — product judgment and ownership of the build — not a staffing bench.

Can you support teams in Lagos, Nairobi, Cape Town, Accra, or Kigali remotely?

Yes. The Tech Bay partners remotely with funded startups and serious companies across English- and French-speaking African tech hubs. Engagements stay scoped (Ship Sprint, Build + Lead, or Innovation Partner) with clear weekly capacity.

Are the product teardown and AI & innovation audit really free?

Yes. A few each month, no pitch inside the delivery. Builders typically get a product teardown; established companies weighing AI or innovation get an AI & innovation audit. If you want the work owned ongoing, we point to the right paid tier afterward.

Do you invoice in MAD, EUR, or AED?

Published tiers are in EUR. Morocco-based clients can request MAD invoicing. For UAE and other markets we stay on EUR unless a different currency is agreed in writing before kickoff.

Is this a fractional CTO or more of a product / CPO engagement?

The commercial seat is fractional CTO: architecture, the build, hires, and calls — with product judgment in the same seat. We don't sell a separate CPO title. If your gap is primarily roadmap theatre with no build ownership, we're not the fit.

Not sure which tier fits?

Start with a free 30-minute discovery call. The Tech Bay will discuss goals, constraints, and recommend the right engagement — no sales pressure.