Fractional AI + product co-founder.
Ship faster. With AI wired into your product, your workflows, your team.
Not a slide deck. I show up, sit in your meetings, scope your features, and ship with your team. Two engagement models below.
You know AI changes everything. Your team is curious but stretched thin. You don't need a 6-month "AI strategy" from a consulting firm — you need someone who's done this before to show up and start building.
Josh Pigford — building software companies for 22 years. Baremetrics (multi-million dollar exit), 80+ products across SaaS, marketplaces, and tools. Now I work with a handful of founders as a fractional AI + product co-founder — sit in your meetings, scope your features, find where AI creates real leverage, ship with your team. @Shpigford.
Kickstart
10 hours. 30-day window. Use them or lose them.
A focused burst — AI audit, workflow gaps, quick wins scoped and started. Good for getting unstuck fast or pressure-testing whether we're a fit.
Not a long-term engagement. Not meant to be. Think of it as a controlled detonation.
Most clients convert to Fractional. Make of that what you will.
Fractional
20 hours per month. Use them or lose them. 3-month minimum.
Twenty hours sounds modest until you consider the density — no ramp-up, no hand-holding, no meetings about meetings.
High-leverage work from someone who's shipped 80+ products and knows where the traps are. I learn your team, your stack, your history — and that context compounds every month. Async by default. Calls when useful. Always in your corner.
Product
I know what to build, what to cut, and how to ship it in weeks instead of months. I've done zero-to-one more times than most people have done zero.
AI Integration
Not theory. I run my own companies on AI daily — engineering workflows, automation, internal tooling. I know what actually works and what's hype.
Speed
Most delays aren't technical — they're indecision. I make the calls other people committee to death.
- No decks. No frameworks. No 90-day discovery.
- Show up. Help. Ship.
- Plain English over consultantese.
- Async by default. Calls when useful.
- If I'm not adding obvious value, fire me. No lock-ins. No hard feelings.
↳ [ DEPLOY IF ]
- You know AI matters but aren't sure where to start
- Your dev team is drowning in AI tool options
- You want a product founder in the room — not a contractor
- Speed is your competitive advantage
↳ [ ABORT IF ]
- You're looking for a chatbot vendor
- You want a strategy PDF
- Your team isn't ready to actually build
Let's talk.
Book a Call ↗or text +1-205-470-4803
30-minute call. No pitch. Just figuring out if there's a fit.