Products · 1. Fractional Chief AI Architect
Senior architectural
authority, without
the headcount.
Monthly architecture reviews and technical governance. Executive and board guidance, vendor proposal vetting, and architectural steering of your internal delivery teams and third-party suppliers. A standing, senior Azure AI architecture function — without carrying it as a full-time hire.
What it covers
A retained architectural function, not a one-off review.
Monthly architecture reviews
Standing technical governance over your Azure AI estate — landing zones, agent builds, data platform decisions — reviewed on a regular cadence, not just at project kick-off.
Executive and board guidance
A technical voice your leadership can call on directly when AI strategy, risk, or investment decisions need an independent architectural view.
Vendor proposal vetting
An independent check on system integrator and vendor proposals before you sign — scope, architecture, and cost assumptions reviewed by someone with no stake in winning the work.
Steering internal and third-party teams
Architectural direction for your own delivery teams and any third-party suppliers already on your Azure AI estate, so decisions stay consistent across every team touching it.
Who this is for
Organisations without an in-house Head of AI Architecture.
If you're evaluating vendor proposals without an independent technical view, or your AI estate has grown past the point where architecture decisions can stay ad hoc, a fractional architect gives you that function without a full-time salary and without the ramp-up time of a permanent hire.
Cadence and scope are agreed on a call — this is a retained relationship, not a fixed-scope product, so there's no standard price list to publish here.
Part of a wider ladder.
Fractional Chief AI Architect sits alongside three other ways to engage Talastron — from fixed-scope diagnostics through to a fully delivered platform.