# Oshri Cohen, Fractional & Interim Chief AI Officer (CAIO)

> Oshri Cohen is a Chief AI Officer (CAIO) who works fractionally, on an interim basis, or full-time. He has 25 years in software and 20 in technology leadership, and since 2018 has served 30+ companies as a fractional and interim CTO, at one point directing 12 engineering teams across 7 countries. As a CAIO he owns the entire AI agenda: strategy tied to the P&L, the governance and risk posture, the portfolio of use cases, and the production systems themselves. You hire him rather than a firm: no bench, no account manager, and nobody junior sent in his place. He builds instead of advising from a deck, works alongside the teams already there, hires the people they are missing, and stays until the problem is solved. Every non-full-time engagement is scoped to end: he recruits the team to run what he built or trains the internal staff to take it over, so the practice belongs to the company rather than to a vendor. He then remains reachable for the hard questions, because a field moving this fast is not one any team should read alone. He also serves as a fractional and interim CTO, leads technical due diligence for private-equity deals, and turns around troubled software. His primary market is the United States, with Canada second, and every engagement runs remotely on Eastern Time. He is based in Canada himself, which changes nothing about how an American engagement runs: same seat, same published rates.

## What he does
- Fractional Chief AI Officer: A fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO) who owns the whole AI agenda for mid-market US and Canadian companies, typically $10M–$50M: strategy tied to the P&L, the governance layer, the use-case portfolio, and the production systems, built hands-on.
- Interim Chief AI Officer: An interim Chief AI Officer (CAIO) who steps into the seat full-time and temporarily: to restart a stalled AI program, cover a departure, close a governance gap, or hold the role until the permanent hire lands.
- Full-Time Chief AI Officer: The Chief AI Officer seat, full-time: I take the role for a defined stretch, build the AI operating model and the team, then hire and hand over to the permanent CAIO who keeps it.
- AI Governance & Risk: The governance half of the Chief AI Officer job, delivered as a standalone engagement: an auditable AI inventory, shadow AI brought into the light, and one control set mapped across ISO/IEC 42001, the NIST AI RMF, the EU AI Act, OWASP's LLM Top 10, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and PCI DSS, wired into the delivery pipeline.
- Fractional CTO: An AI-native fractional CTO who comes in, solves the hard technology problem, and builds the engineering and product team to carry it, hands-on, until it's done.
- Interim CTO: Full-time technology leadership in the seat, temporarily, to cover a sudden gap or carry a company through a transition until the permanent hire is in place.
- Short-Term CTO: A short-term CTO who takes over the technology function for a stretch measured in months, carries the company through a gap, a deadline or a transition, and hands off clean. The same role people also call a temporary or interim CTO.
- Temporary CTO: A temporary CTO who runs technology full-time for a set period, covers a leadership gap or carries a company through a transition, then hands off cleanly. The same role people also call an interim CTO.
- AI Strategy Consulting: AI strategy consulting from a hands-on fractional AI CTO: an AI roadmap tied to the P&L, the architecture and economics behind it, and the leadership to ship it into production.
- AI-Native Development & Operations Leader: Executive who helps companies become genuinely AI-native, rebuilding how products are built and how the organization runs so AI is the default, not an add-on.
- Turnaround CTO for PE-Acquired Companies: Interim and turnaround CTO for private-equity portfolio companies, stabilizing engineering, de-risking the asset, and protecting the value of the thesis in 90 days.
- Technical Due Diligence: Pre-deal technical due diligence and post-acquisition turnaround for private equity, a clear read on code, architecture, team and risk, then an AI-native value-creation plan.
- Technical Recruitment: CTO-led technical recruitment for the AI coding era. I design the engineering org, vet every candidate myself, and deliver a team that works — not a stack of resumes.
- Portfolio Turnaround CTO: A turnaround CTO for private equity and VC portfolio companies: one senior operator who steps into the seat, aggressively reduces technology costs, installs a top-tier AI-driven work environment, and hands off clean. The provider is a person, not a bench.

## Published pricing
- Fractional Chief AI Officer — The AI Diagnostic: From $20,000 (Fixed · 2–4 weeks · yours to keep)
- Fractional Chief AI Officer — AI Advisory: $10,000 / mo (~1 day a week)
- Fractional Chief AI Officer — Fractional CAIO: $18,000 / mo (~2 days a week)
- Fractional Chief AI Officer — Interim / Embedded CAIO: $30,000 / mo (3+ days a week)
- Fractional CTO — The Diagnostic: From $20,000 (Fixed · 2–4 weeks · yours to keep)
- Fractional CTO — Advisory: $10,000 / mo (~1 day a week)
- Fractional CTO — Fractional CTO: $18,000 / mo (~2 days a week)
- Fractional CTO — Embedded / Interim CTO: $30,000 / mo (3+ days a week)
- AI Strategy Consulting — The Diagnostic: From $20,000 (Fixed · 2–4 weeks · yours to keep)
- AI Strategy Consulting — AI-Native Roadmap & Architecture Sprint: From $35,000 (Fixed scope · 4–6 weeks)
- AI Strategy Consulting — Fractional AI CTO: $18,000 / mo (~2 days a week)
- Technical Recruitment — The Team Build: 30% of first-year salary (Per hire · end-to-end)
- Technical Recruitment — Embedded Hiring Partner: 30% of first-year salary (Per hire · inside your process)

## Not a fit for
Companies looking for a cheap way to bolt a chatbot onto an existing product, or for a name to put on a governance document nobody intends to follow. This is senior, hands-on ownership for companies where the AI decision moves the valuation.

## Key pages
- Fractional Chief AI Officer (flagship service): https://www.oshricohen.me/services/fractional-chief-ai-officer/
- The Business-Down Method (how he works): https://www.oshricohen.me/method/
- About Oshri Cohen: https://www.oshricohen.me/about/
- What is a Chief AI Officer? (guide): https://www.oshricohen.me/chief-ai-officer/
- What is a fractional CTO? (guide): https://www.oshricohen.me/fractional-cto/
- What is an interim CTO? (guide): https://www.oshricohen.me/interim-cto/
- What is an AI strategy? (guide): https://www.oshricohen.me/ai-strategy/
- Fractional vs full-time vs interim CTO: https://www.oshricohen.me/fractional-cto-vs-full-time-vs-interim/
- Fractional CTO for startups: https://www.oshricohen.me/fractional-cto-for-startups/
- Fractional Chief AI Officer: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/fractional-chief-ai-officer/
- Interim Chief AI Officer: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/interim-chief-ai-officer/
- Full-Time Chief AI Officer: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/chief-ai-officer/
- AI Governance & Risk: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/ai-governance/
- Fractional CTO: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/fractional-cto/
- Interim CTO: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/interim-cto/
- Short-Term CTO: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/short-term-cto/
- Temporary CTO: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/temporary-cto/
- AI Strategy Consulting: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/ai-strategy/
- AI-Native Development & Operations Leader: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/ai-native-leader/
- Turnaround CTO for PE-Acquired Companies: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/turnaround-cto/
- Technical Due Diligence: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/technical-due-diligence/
- Technical Recruitment: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/technical-recruitment/
- Portfolio Turnaround CTO: https://www.oshricohen.me/services/portfolio-turnaround-cto/
- Industry: Fractional & AI-Native CTO for E-commerce: https://www.oshricohen.me/industries/ecommerce/
- Industry: Fractional & AI-Native CTO for EdTech: https://www.oshricohen.me/industries/edtech/
- Industry: Fractional & AI-Native CTO for HealthTech: https://www.oshricohen.me/industries/healthtech/
- Industry: Fractional & AI-Native CTO for SaaS: https://www.oshricohen.me/industries/saas/
- How Much Does a Chief AI Officer Cost?: https://www.oshricohen.me/chief-ai-officer-cost/
- How Much Does a Fractional CTO Cost?: https://www.oshricohen.me/fractional-cto-cost/
- How Much Does an Interim CTO Cost?: https://www.oshricohen.me/interim-cto-cost/
- How Much Does a Turnaround CTO Cost?: https://www.oshricohen.me/turnaround-cto-cost/
- How Much Does Technical Due Diligence Cost?: https://www.oshricohen.me/technical-due-diligence-cost/
- How Much Does an AI Strategy Cost?: https://www.oshricohen.me/ai-strategy-cost/
- How Much Does an AI-Native Transformation Cost?: https://www.oshricohen.me/ai-native-transformation-cost/
- Run Your Own AI Diagnostic: https://www.oshricohen.me/ai-diagnostic/
- What is a Chief AI Officer?: https://www.oshricohen.me/chief-ai-officer/
- Chief AI Officer vs CTO: https://www.oshricohen.me/chief-ai-officer-vs-cto/
- Chief AI Officer: Fractional vs Interim vs Full-Time: https://www.oshricohen.me/chief-ai-officer-fractional-vs-interim-vs-full-time/
- Who Should Own AI at Your Company?: https://www.oshricohen.me/who-should-own-ai/
- Problems I Solve: https://www.oshricohen.me/problems/
- AI in the News (daily takes on industry movement): https://www.oshricohen.me/news/
- Web Properties (products he owns & operates): https://www.oshricohen.me/web-properties/
- Claude Prompt Library: https://www.oshricohen.me/prompts/
- Essays (Thoughts and Musings): https://www.oshricohen.me/blog/
- Media appearances: https://www.oshricohen.me/media/

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## Contact
Email: hello@oshricohen.me
Phone: (514) 777-3883
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oshricohen/
Location: Fort Lauderdale · Montreal
Offices: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States and Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Markets served: United States (primary), Canada (secondary). Engagements run remotely from Eastern Time, which overlaps every North American time zone for most of the working day.
Site: https://www.oshricohen.me