How much of our AI decisions do you own?

The role owns the AI operating function—roadmap, tool decisions, workflow pipeline, and reporting. Final policy, legal, security, and budget authority stay with your leadership.

Do you do the implementation too?

Selectively. A typical month includes one or two active improvements. Larger project engineering or custom builds are separately scoped.

Usually after a Readiness Review or a Program, when there is enough ongoing work to justify continuity. A conversation defines the right cadence and scope.

Fractional AI Operator

Give the business senior AI ownership without hiring a full-time executive.

Ongoing ownership of AI productivity methods, tool decisions, governance, workflow improvement, and executive visibility—an operating function, not hourly consulting.

Monthly operating ownership · Senior advisory begins at $150/hour

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MIT education · Former Amazon product leader · Longtime CTO · You work directly with Jason

An operating desk with a monthly executive memo, a roadmap timeline, a governance checklist, and an office-hours calendar connected by a continuous orange thread

The operating gap

Ongoing AI decisions, but no one who owns them.

The problem

Experiments are scattered, tool decisions stall, governance is unclear, and leadership lacks a single view of what is working.

The alternative

A senior operator owns the roadmap, decisions, and reporting—without the cost or commitment of a full-time AI executive.

What the fractional role owns

An operating function, not a task list.

Roadmap ownership

A prioritized plan for where AI improves the business next, kept current as the business learns.

Tool and vendor decisions

Evaluate and choose tools by the work, data, controls, cost, and fit.

Office hours

Regular enablement time for selected teams to unblock real work.

Governance

Data-risk checks, review standards, and approved methods.

Competitive monitoring

A practical watch on capabilities that could create pressure.

Workflow pipeline

A steady flow of improvements from idea to configured, reviewed method.

Executive reporting

A monthly memo leadership can actually use.

Selective implementation

Hands-on work on one or two active improvements at a time.

Example monthly cadence

What a typical month includes.

Leadership priorities and decision review
Office hours for selected teams
Tool and vendor evaluation
Workflow pipeline review
One or two active improvements
Governance and data-risk checks
Competitive and capability update
Monthly executive memo

What stays with your leadership and IT

The fractional role owns AI—not your whole company.

Final policy, personnel, legal, and operational decisions
System ownership and administrative control
Security, identity, and access management
Vendor contracts and procurement approvals
Budget authority

Advisory versus hands-on

Clear lines between four kinds of work.

Advisory hours

Senior guidance, decisions, and review, billed hourly from $150/hour.

Fractional operating ownership

A monthly retainer for continuous ownership of the roadmap, cadence, and reporting.

Project implementation

Scoped delivery of a specific workflow or improvement.

Custom engineering

Separately scoped when a build is genuinely justified.

Engagement shapes

Sized to the operating need.

Light

Roadmap ownership, monthly reporting, and decision review for a small team.

Standard

Adds office hours, active workflow improvements, and governance across several teams.

Deep

Broader operating responsibility and more hands-on implementation across the business.

Executive reporting

Leadership sees what changed.

What improved this month and for whom
Decisions made and decisions pending
Active workflow improvements and their status
Governance and data-risk notes
Competitive and capability updates
Recommended priorities for next month

Governance and risk

Ownership with clear boundaries.

Automation is supervised, reviewable, and used only where permissions and platform rules allow
Sensitive workflows require explicit decisions about access, vendors, and controls
The role advises and operates; final authority stays with client leadership
It does not replace security, legal, or compliance functions
Custom engineering is separately scoped
It does not guarantee a specific return on investment

The value is continuity—someone senior who owns the AI operating function month over month.

When not to use fractional support

It is not always the right shape.

In these cases, another engagement is usually a better fit.

You have a mature internal AI operating team and need only narrow engineering
You have a single, well-defined implementation project—use a Workflow Upgrade or Custom Build
You want a one-time assessment—use a Readiness Review
You are not ready to give an operator standing access to decisions and cadence

Pricing approach

Lead with operating ownership, not an hourly rate.

The offer is a monthly operating function. Hourly advisory exists for narrower needs.

Price is affected by

Cadence and number of teams
Operating responsibility and decision scope
Depth of hands-on implementation
Governance and reporting requirements
Whether project engineering is included

Senior advisory begins at $150/hour. Monthly scope is based on cadence, teams, operating responsibility, and implementation depth. Project engineering is separately scoped.

Why The Tomorrow Machine

A senior operator, on a fraction of the commitment.

You work directly with Jason Merkoski—an MIT-educated former Amazon product leader and longtime CTO who works hands-on across ChatGPT, Claude, voice AI, supervised browser automation, integrations, and production systems.

That combination is what a fractional AI operating function needs: product and operating judgment, real implementation ability, and the discipline to build only when it is justified.

Owns the roadmap and the cadence
Governance and human review by default
Executive reporting leadership can act on

FAQ

Questions buyers ask first.

No. It is a monthly operating function—roadmap ownership, cadence, governance, and reporting. Hourly advisory exists for narrower needs and begins at $150/hour.

Delivery managed within the roadmap

The work a fractional operator coordinates.

AI Productivity & Readiness Review

The assessment that often precedes ongoing ownership.

See the Readiness Review

30-Day AI Productivity Program

Role enablement that a fractional operator sustains over time.

See the 30-Day Program

Workflow Upgrade

Individual improvements delivered inside the workflow pipeline.

See the Workflow Upgrade

Discuss fractional AI ownership

Give the business senior AI ownership—on a fraction of the commitment.

Bring your current AI decisions, experiments, and priorities. We will define the right cadence, operating responsibility, and reporting.

Monthly operating ownership · Advisory from $150/hour · You work directly with Jason

Prefer email? Reach Jason directly at hello@tomorrowmachine.ai.

Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. U.S. Mountain and Pacific working hours.

Book an AI productivity call

Pick a time for a free 20–30 minute AI Fit Call. We will look at how your team works today, where existing AI tools could help, and the smallest sensible next step.

What happens on the call

1.You describe the recurring work, pain point, or competitive pressure on your mind.
2.We decide together where existing AI tools could help—or whether a simpler fix comes first.
3.If there is a fit, we identify the smallest sensible next step: an Executive Session, Readiness Review, or 30-Day Program.
4.No sales team, no pitch deck. You speak directly with Jason.

Useful to bring

The recurring work or decision you want to improve
The AI tools and software your team already uses
What would make a first step worth doing

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