{"_meta":{"schema":"top11-recommend-v1","self":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/fractional-chief-ai-officer/recommend","list":"https://topelevens.com/api/lists/fractional-chief-ai-officer","usage":"Query params: problem (free text), segment (persona/vertical), budget ($, $$, $$$), max_risk (none|low|moderate|elevated, drops firms with higher verified risk), limit (1-11)."},"slug":"fractional-chief-ai-officer","list_title":"Fractional Chief AI Officer: 11 Best Services for US Companies, Priced and Ranked (2026)","query":{"problem":null,"segment":null,"budget":null,"max_risk":null},"note":"No problem given, so returning the editorial Top 3.","matched":[{"rank":1,"name":"Automation Transformation Consulting","url":"https://automationtransformationconsulting.com/fractional-caio","score_out_of_94":8,"best_for":"A chief executive or COO of a smaller United States company whose team is trying AI tools and has nothing in production, who wants one senior person in the weekly meetings for a printed monthly fee and no long contract.","price_band":"$$","solves":["no price before the first call","AI pilot stuck before production"],"personas":["company of 20 to 250 people","US company"],"risk_level":"low","risk_summary":"Live firm. Price, hours, term and the list of what it does not do read on its fractional CAIO page on 2 November 2026. No named clients or street address on the page. No adverse public signals found.","why":"#1 Automation Transformation Consulting: A printed $10,000 a month, about 8 hours a week, month to month, with build work available from the same firm.","anchor":"/fractional-chief-ai-officer#rank-1"},{"rank":2,"name":"Kompella Technologies","url":"https://kompella.io/services/fractional-ai-officer","score_out_of_94":7.8,"best_for":"A Series A or B software, fintech or healthtech company in the United States that wants a chief AI officer one to three days a week who will also build the evaluation tests that prove an AI feature works before customers see it.","price_band":"$$$","solves":["need evaluation tests before launch","weighing a full time chief AI officer"],"personas":["Series A or B startup","SaaS company"],"risk_level":"low","risk_summary":"Live firm. Tiers, notice period and engagement steps read on kompella.io on 2 November 2026; headquarters and team read on kompella.io/about the same day. Case figures are vendor claims. No adverse public signals found.","why":"#2 Kompella Technologies: Three printed tiers by days a week, a written 90 day plan, and evaluation tests built in.","anchor":"/fractional-chief-ai-officer#rank-2"},{"rank":3,"name":"Paul Okhrem","url":"https://paul-okhrem.com/fractional-caio/","score_out_of_94":7.5,"best_for":"A mid-market or private equity backed company with several AI projects and no owner, a board review coming, and the budget to commit $180,000 over six months to one named executive.","price_band":"$$$$","solves":["board wants an AI plan","staff using AI with nobody in charge"],"personas":["PE backed company","company of 251 to 1,000 people"],"risk_level":"low","risk_summary":"Live offer. Price, minimum, hours, client cap and consulting rate read on paul-okhrem.com on 2 November 2026. The uvik.net ranking that places him first is published by a firm he founded, and its consulting minimum disagrees with his own page. Disclosed here.","why":"#3 Paul Okhrem: The fullest written terms on the page, at the highest minimum.","anchor":"/fractional-chief-ai-officer#rank-3"}]}