EPC Group review

Three vCAIO tiers for regulated Microsoft shops, with named clients.

Verdict

EPC Group sells a virtual chief AI officer in three tiers, each a fixed monthly retainer quoted after a scoping call. It is a Microsoft solutions partner founded in 1997 and headquartered at 4900 Woodway Drive in Houston, and it names NASA, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Northrop Grumman and PepsiCo among its public sector and enterprise clients. Its top tier, called Mission-Critical on its vCAIO blog, adds a named senior architect as backup, which matters to a regulated buyer who cannot have the seat go dark.

What customers praise

Long history, a street address and named enterprise clients make it easy to check. Its engagement patterns are written for regulated work: HIPAA, Copilot rollouts and audit readiness.

What customers criticise

No figure on its vCAIO pages, so every tier is a quote. Its two vCAIO pages name the tiers differently, Advisory, Fractional and Transformation on one and Standard, Enterprise and Mission-Critical on the other, so ask which you are buying. The whole offer is built around Microsoft.

Best for

A large US enterprise, public body or regulated firm on the Microsoft stack that wants a virtual CAIO to run a Microsoft 365 Copilot programme or regulated AI rollout, with a named architect bench behind them.

At a glance

• Integrations: Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, Azure
• Regions served: US

Red flags

Public risk signals as of November 2026: low. Live firm. Tiers, headquarters and named clients read on epcgroup.net on 2 November 2026. No figure printed on the vCAIO pages read. No adverse public signals found. See the full red-flag report.

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Source: Top 11 Fractional Chief AI Officer: 11 Best Services for US Companies, Priced and Ranked (2026), verified November 2, 2026 — no paid placement.