AI Strategy & Transformation · Fractional Chief AI Officer
Fractional Chief AI Officer
Most companies need AI leadership before they can justify a full-time chief AI officer. DayNova’s fractional chief AI officer service gives you a senior AI leader who owns the roadmap, guides the build and grows your team’s capability.
+70% average AI capability improvement within two quarters
Built on Dr. Nicole Gravagna’s decision-science research
Strategy experience with Microsoft, LEGO, adidas and Capital One
Free · Takes 7 minutes
Take the free AI Gap Report
A 7-minute AI readiness check that shows where your team stands today.
Your AI capability baseline
Where AI effort is being wasted
The first priorities for your AI leader
Companies we have experience with
Microsoft
GitHub
LEGO
adidas
Capital One
5280 Plastic Surgery
The problem
When everyone owns AI, nobody really does.
IT owns the tools, marketing runs the pilots and finance asks about the return. Without one senior leader accountable for AI, priorities drift and nothing compounds.
Who owns AI at your company
Without DayNova
Tools bought by IT
Done
Pilots run by marketing
Done
Policies drafted by legal
Done
One accountable AI leader
Missing
With DayNova
One accountable AI leader
In place from week one
Why AI leadership stalls
A full-time hire takes too long
Senior AI leaders are scarce, and a full-time search can take months while competitors keep moving.
Advice without authority
A consultant can advise, but without a seat at the table nobody acts on the plan.
Nothing gets built
What doesn’t get built doesn’t yield ROI, so pilots never compound into anything measurable.
DayNova fixes this with a fractional chief AI officer who owns the roadmap, sits with leadership and gets the first builds shipped. These are the seven AI operating model mistakes we see most, and how to fix them.
The NOVA Framework
Our AI adoption framework, built on neuroscience.
NOVA is DayNova’s own AI adoption framework, built with neuroscientist Dr. Nicole Gravagna around how people change under pressure. Each phase sets up the next, so adoption holds past 90 days.
N · Narrow
Your fractional CAIO finds where AI can move the needle and where load runs highest.
O · Orchestrate
Leaders agree on priorities, decision rights and owners before anything gets built.
V · Validate
We test the top ideas on your real workflows and data, with your team.
A · Amplify
Your CAIO guides the build, reports to leadership and coaches the team that runs it.
What you get
Senior AI leadership, without a full-time hire.
Your fractional chief AI officer works inside your leadership team, and everything we build is yours on day one.
Six responsibilities, one accountable leader.
AI Strategy & Roadmap
A 12-month AI roadmap tied to your operating model, with owners and quarterly milestones.
A Seat in Leadership
A standing seat in leadership meetings to set priorities and keep AI tied to business goals.
Vendor & Tool Decisions
Independent advice on which AI tools to buy, keep or cut, with no vendor commissions.
AI Governance
Policies for data, risk and approvals, written with the team so they actually get followed.
Build Oversight
Hands-on direction for the first automations, built by DayNova or alongside your engineers.
Board-Ready Reporting
A quarterly read on capability, adoption and return, in language your board trusts.
Proof
Results our clients can measure.
+70%
Average AI capability improvement score within two quarters
#1
Strategy behind Microsoft’s 2025 Semrush #1 AI Visibility Award
5.0
Average rating across verified client reviews on Clutch
Right fit, wrong fit
Best fit if you’re:
A C-suite leader at a company with $10M+ in revenue
Not ready for a full-time chief AI officer yet
Ready to commit internal time and access
Building AI capability for the long term
Not the right fit if you want:
A vendor to do AI while your team watches
Tool recommendations with no plan to run them
An advisor who never touches the build
Slides instead of a working plan
Frequently asked questions
What is a fractional chief AI officer?
What does a fractional CAIO do?
Do you only work with marketing teams?
How is an engagement priced?
Are you tied to any AI tool vendors?
When should we hire a full-time chief AI officer instead?
How is a fractional CAIO different from an AI consultant?
How much time does a fractional chief AI officer spend with us?
Put a senior AI leader on your team.
Take the free 7-minute AI Gap Report, or contact us to talk through fractional AI leadership.
