Rung 5 · Fractional CAIO · from $4,500 · 90 days

Baseline governance, installed in a quarter.

The 90-Day CAIO Bootstrap is a focused-scope, 90-day engagement that installs the baseline your firm needs to sanction AI with confidence. Aday Interactive, Inc. stands up a sanctioned-stack list, a ratified AI Use Policy, a staff-posture memo, and a staff enablement session so the policy is followed in practice. Predictable scope, no open-ended retainer. If you want a working AI system built, that is the Custom AI build path, and we will point you there instead. Broader governance scopes are quoted from here.

Installed in 90 days

  • A sanctioned-stack list: the tools your firm standardizes on, ratified and documented.
  • A ratified AI Use Policy: firm-branded, scoped to your Bar / HIPAA / SEC-FINRA / fair-housing posture as an input, never a guarantee.
  • A staff-posture memo: what your people may and may not do with AI, in language they’ll actually follow.
  • A staff enablement session: your team trained on what is sanctioned, what is not, and how to use the approved tools without creating exposure.
  • Credits toward the Install: this Bootstrap credits in full toward the $12,500 Governance Install if you continue to the full charter.

Where it leads: the top of the ladder is the Fractional CAIO retainer (Signature from $4,000/mo, Estate from $8,000/mo) for firms that want an ongoing chief-AI-officer function, or a Custom AI project from $15,000. The Bootstrap is the focused-scope way in.

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Focused-scope engagement. Baseline AI governance, installed.

Credits in full toward the $12,500 Governance Install if you continue.

Start with Discovery

A short Discovery conversation confirms scope before you’re invoiced. No card required to apply.

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FAQ

90-Day CAIO Bootstrap, questions answered

What gets installed in the 90 days?

A sanctioned-stack list, a ratified AI Use Policy, a staff-posture memo, and a staff enablement session so the policy is followed in practice. The Bootstrap is governance, not a build. If you want a working AI system, that is the Custom AI build path, which starts with Build Scoping and a proof-of-concept pilot.

How long is the engagement and what does it cost?

It is a focused-scope, 90-day engagement from $4,500, with no open-ended retainer. Broader governance scopes are quoted from here.

How does it start?

With a short Discovery conversation that confirms scope before you are invoiced. No card is required to apply, and you must be the principal who can authorize a firm-wide engagement.

Does the Executive AI Intensive count toward this?

Not as a credit, and on purpose. The Intensive decides your governance (posture, policy, priorities); the Bootstrap installs it. They are separate pieces of work, so the Intensive lays the groundwork rather than discounting the Bootstrap. This Bootstrap credits in full toward the $12,500 Governance Install.

What is the next step up from here?

The top of the ladder is the Fractional CAIO retainer (Signature from $4,000/mo, Estate from $8,000/mo) for an ongoing chief-AI-officer function, or a Custom AI project from $15,000.

Do I also get the downloadable guides from the earlier steps?

Yes. This includes the AI-Ready Change Management Playbook from the $4.97 rung and the free AI Executive Readiness Assessment, yours to keep. Those are the downloads. The lower-rung audit, workshop, and Policy Kit are separate services, not bundled in on top of this. The Policy Kit credits toward the Executive AI Intensive; this Bootstrap credits toward the Governance Install.