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First AI Movers Names $1M to $5M
Serves EU
$1,750 per month
Best fractional CAIOs for $1M to $5M companies
3 firms and practitioners offer fractional CAIO work and say they serve $1M to $5M companies. Listings that do not state a revenue band are left off, so the role page is longer. First on the list are First AI Movers, Leadership Services and Valerian Valkin, Fractional Chief AI Officer. 3 publish a monthly fee, from $1,750 to $6,500 a month.
The usual trigger is a team already using AI tools without a policy, a founder buying automation from several vendors with no one judging the results, or a board asking for an AI plan. Most fractional CAIOs publish nothing; the few published retainers run about $1,750 to $12,000 a month, and fixed-fee AI audits of two to four weeks run roughly $3,000 to $10,000.
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Leadership Services Names $1M to $5M
70+ peopleServes UK
$2,280 per month, no minimum
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Valerian Valkin, Fractional Chief AI Officer Names $1M to $5M
4 named clients 1 person
$6,500 per month, 3 month minimum
How this list is built. Every firm and practitioner here offers fractional CAIO work on its own site and says it serves $1M to $5M companies. Order is editor's pick, then listings that name the revenue band, then a published fee, then name. Nobody pays to appear or to move up. Full methodology.