Paul Okhrem review

The fullest written terms on the page, at the highest minimum.

Verdict

Paul Okhrem publishes the most complete terms of anyone read for this page. The seat costs $30,000 a month on a six month minimum, $180,000 in total, for up to 30 hours a month, delivered by him personally and remote from Prague, with no more than two fractional CAIO clients at a time. A bounded strategy job is $1,000 an hour with an 80 hour minimum, an $80,000 floor. His page lays out a 90 day sequence and says plainly that engineering stays with your team or a chosen build partner. It ranks third because the minimum is the highest on this page and he is not based in the United States.

What customers praise

Every term a buyer needs is in writing before the call: price, minimum, hours, client cap, start time within 10 business days, and who keeps signing authority. $30,000 for up to 30 hours is $1,000 an hour by our arithmetic, the same as his consulting rate, so the two offers are priced consistently. The cap of two clients means you get real attention.

What customers criticise

$180,000 is a lot to commit before you know the fit, and his page says a first small tool rollout or anything under six months is not a fit. He is remote from Prague. One third party ranking of fractional CAIOs on uvik.net puts him first, but he founded Uvik Software, so that list is his own, and it quotes a 100 hour minimum and a $100,000 floor that disagree with the 80 hours and $80,000 on his own page.

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.

Red flags

Public risk signals as of November 2026: low. 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. 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.