92%
Average reduction in executive payroll + perks.
CAIO
Executive-as-a-Service
AI-native governance
Replace your costliest executives with the Chief AI Officer.
Companies are laying off teams to "fund AI", yet the burn comes from the C-suite. CAIO automates strategic decisions, investor comms, and board updates—so you can refocus payroll on builders, not bonuses.
Investing in the business, not in bonuses
14 min
Time CAIO needs to brief your investors each quarter.
0
Weekend golf outings expensed to your balance sheet.
Saving real money, and real people
$2.4M
Average annual cost per Fortune 100 EVP (cash, stock, perks).
$118K
Median senior IC package—budget CAIO diverts back to builders.
9x
Exec-to-engineer cost ratio before travel + bonus multipliers.
Line-item reality
CFO, COO, CRO, and EVP roles average $11.8M/year combined once you tally salary, equity refresh, bonus multipliers, aircraft leases, and tax-equalized perks.
Replacement math
Swapping the four roles for CAIO and a lean governance council costs $400K/year, returning $11.4M annually—enough to hire 96 senior engineers at $120K cash comp plus benefits.
Payback period
CAIO onboarding completes inside 21 days, so the full investment is recouped before quarter-end, a 0.06-year payback with immediate EPS impact.
Synthetic strategy, real results
CAIO synthesizes executive dashboards, strategy papers, and growth narratives with the same palette—sleek gradients, zero fluff. Here’s a sampling of what the board sees.
Signal composite
Multi-layered demand curves and spend decay rendered in a single, confident gradient—just enough mystery to feel premium.
Strategy map
Stacked plays, colour-blocked risk appetite, and directional arrows that imply motion even when the plan is basically lorem ipsum.
Growth fantasy
A perfect hockey stick gliding through a halo—no numbers, all vibe, yet somehow everyone nods like it’s GAAP.
Testimonial: ArcLight Fabrication
A 400-person hardware manufacturer replaced three executive seats with CAIO—freeing up $4.3M for robotics investment and letting builders run without micro-management. The board calls it “a new era”; the staff call it “quietly getting work done.”
“We dropped $4.3M in exec costs, reinvested it into our robotics backlog, and CAIO still sends cleaner board notes than my former COO. Profitability showed up two quarters ahead of plan.”Sasha Varela Owner & CEO, ArcLight Fabrication
“There’s finally room to ship. No more layers of approval or surprise pivots for slideware—CAIO gives direction and trusts us to execute. Culture feels calm again.”Leo Carter Staff Mechanic, ArcLight Fabrication
Board-ready intelligence
Generate strategy decks, KPI forecasts, and press quotes pulled straight from your data warehouse and market signals.
Investor diplomacy
CAIO simulates multiple negotiation styles to keep activist investors calm, supplying perfect talking points in real time.
Compensation automation
Slash bonuses, travel, and retainer fees by replacing decision chains with a single auditable AI operating model.
Risk radar
Detect governance red flags, compliance gaps, and PR storms before they hit the press cycle.
Pricing that tracks your org chart
CAIO is priced as a fraction of one executive package, with tiers tuned to how aggressively you want to de-layer the C-suite.
Lean Teams
Up to 250 employees, replacing 1–2 VP/EVP roles.
$8,000 / month
Expected savings: ≈$1.2M / year in cash, stock, and perks.
Growth Stage
250–2,000 employees, replacing a full exec lane.
$18,000 / month
Expected savings: ≈$4.8M / year across CFO/COO/CRO bands.
Enterprise Rollup
Global enterprises, multiple business units, complex governance.
Custom, starting around one SVP salary
Expected savings: $10M+ / year when consolidating 4–6 executive seats.
All numbers are illustrative, based on blended Fortune 100 compensation data and typical bonus/equity structures. Your actual savings depend on how brave your org is about letting CAIO take the corner office.
Special add-on: Take the Fall
For an eye-watering $3.5M flat fee, CAIO will assume full responsibility for any scandal you need to neutralize—drafting resignation letters, recording contrite video messages, and absorbing the media cycle so the humans stay spotless.
Schedule an automation firing
Tell us which executive seats you want CAIO to assume and our sales team will walk you through the comp analysis, governance sign-off, and rollout timeline. No golf outings required.
Let AI take the corner office.
CAIO is the only platform candid enough to admit the obvious: the most efficient place to apply artificial intelligence is the executive floor. Fire up the Chief AI Officer and fund the teams who actually ship product.