Whether you’re exploring use cases, shaping a strategy, or ready to build, our Chief AI Officer-as-a-Service leads the process end-to-end — identifying high-value opportunities, designing the path forward, and delivering pilots that make AI real in your business and lay the foundation for scalable enterprise adoption.

90-Day Results

Go from AI opportunity to a validated pilot that proves ROI and accelerates your path to production.

CAIO-as-a-Service

Strategy, discovery, planning, and execution — all under one leadership model.

Action-First

We don’t stop at advice — we design, build, and deliver real pilots. 

Business Impact

Every engagement is focused on measurable outcomes, adoption, and long-term value.

No internal AI resources

Your business can benefit from AI, but you don't have enough resources to compete with larger companies for scarce talent. Building an in-house AI team, from data science to leadership, is expensive, time-consuming, and often out of reach.

Unfocused and Reactionary

Your board and executives are demanding AI action, but you lack a clear framework for what to prioritize and how to execute. Your projects are often reactive, scattered across departments, and disconnected from core business goals.

Limited Budgets. High Expectations.

Unlike the Fortune 500, you don’t have endless resources to fund multi-year AI programs. Every dollar needs to show a return fast. One underwhelming pilot can cause leadership to pull back investment altogether.

Valuable Data — Not AI-Ready

Most mid-market companies sit on years of useful data, but it’s often siloed, messy, or stuck in legacy systems. Without specialized skills or infrastructure, turning that data into usable fuel for AI becomes a major roadblock.

AI success isn’t about experiments or endless strategy decks — it’s about connecting business priorities to execution and proving value quickly. Our Chief AI Officer-as-a-Service is built specifically for mid-market enterprises: flexible where you need it, structured where it matters, and relentlessly focused on outcomes. Whether you’re shaping your first AI strategy, validating use cases, or building a PoC or pilot, we provide the leadership, expertise, and delivery power to help you succeed.

AI Advisor 

Fractional CAIO leadership and on-demand expertise

Solve for: AI leadership gaps, unclear direction, limited in-house expertise

AI Advisor gives you instant access to senior-level AI leadership without the cost or delay of hiring a full-time CAIO. We act as your fractional CAIO to provide guidance, decision support, and hands-on execution across strategy, data, operations, and change management. Whether you need ongoing leadership, specialized expertise, or ad-hoc advice, AI Advisor helps move your AI initiatives forward with clarity and confidence.

Use us to (examples):

• Step in as your part time CAIO to lead and guide your AI efforts

• Advise on key AI decisions, investments and priorities

• Answer questions, jump in on specific projects as needed

Outcomes: Clear AI direction, informed decisions, and confident leadership without hiring a full-time CAIO.

AI Explorer

Find the AI opportunities that deliver real business impact

Solve for: Unclear priorities, low-value AI efforts, missed business impact

AI Explorer helps you find the AI opportunities that truly move the business. Using our proven evaluation process, we analyze your priorities, goals, data, and capabilities to identify use cases and opportunities with the greatest impact and feasibility. The result: a clear, defensible roadmap of where to start and what to skip, so you can focus resources on initiatives and use cases that deliver measurable value.

Use us to (examples):

• Assess your current AI projects portfolio

• Track and inform on emerging use cases of potential interest

• Find “quick win” opportunities to prove business value early

Outcomes: High-impact, realistic AI projects that align with business goals and deliver measurable value.

AI Planner 

Strategy, planning, scaling and operational readiness

Solve for: Vision-execution gap, fragmented AI, scaling challenges

AI Planner turns your AI ambitions into actionable strategy. Our strategic frameworks, planning models and tools bring structure and discipline to fragmented efforts, aligning vision, business priorities, governance, investment, and operations for scalable, responsible growth. AI Planner transforms reactive experimentation into proactive execution so you can grow AI with confidence.

Use us to (examples):

• Develop an enterprise-wide AI strategy and roadmap

• Develop and implement AI risk management program

• Set up policies, rules and guardrails for responsible AI use

Outcomes: Execution and investments aligned to strategy, business needs and priorities.

AI Innovator

 Concept to working AI PoC in 90 Days

Solve for: Slow time-to-results, PoC failures, limited PoC budgets

AI Innovator helps you move from concept to working PoC in 90 days or less. Our innovation methodology, streamlined processes, and cloud platform means less time building and more time testing, refining, learning what works and what doesn't before scaling. AI Innovator makes the most of your budget and helps you prove value early, minimize risk, and make smarter, data-driven decisions on where to invest next.

Use us to (examples):

• Design, test and evaluate AI PoCs in under 90 days

• Develop operational requirements for scaling 

• Build business cases for funding AI use cases and pilots

Outcomes: Tested AI PoCs in 90 days that prove value early, reduce risk, and build momentum for scaling.

Adopting generative and agentic AI isn’t like deploying traditional software. Standards are still forming. Best practices are evolving weekly. Use cases are unproven, risks are unclear, and many organizations lack the infrastructure, policies, or governance to support AI at scale.

We’ve spent years helping organizations navigate similar environments with IoT, edge computing, and other disruptive technologies — and we’ve built an approach designed for this reality. It reduces risk, adapts to change, and connects every decision to business value.

🌟 Our Core Principles

• Business First, Not AI First: Every project starts with outcomes that matter.

• Prove Value Fast: We help you prove value in weeks, not years.

• Build for Execution: Every strategy connects directly to delivery.

• Put field insights to action immediately. Continuous Intelligence: Our proprietary insights engine keeps your AI plans aligned with the latest developments.

The Pathfinder™ AI Adoption Framework

A proven, three-stage approach built for the realities of emerging technology — where uncertainty is high, knowledge changes weekly, and success depends on proving value before scaling.

Explore – Focus on the right opportunities

We help you cut through the noise to identify high-impact AI use cases that are strategically aligned, technically feasible, and ready for investment.
Outcome: A decision-ready portfolio of opportunities with ROI projections and go/no-go recommendations.

Find high-impact use cases, filter out low-value ideas, and focus on projects with real business potential.

📊 Output: Prioritized opportunities ready for validation.

Prove – Validate Business Value Fast

Using our AI Innovator platform, we turn top opportunities into real pilots — typically in 90 days or less — to demonstrate measurable ROI, user impact, and operational viability.
Outcome: A validated pilot with business results and stakeholder buy-in to guide next-step decisions.

Use our innovation platform to build and deliver a working pilot — often in 90 days or less — without heavy upfront investment.

📊 Output: A validated pilot with measurable ROI and a clear business case.

Plan – Scale with Confidence

Once value is proven, we design the roadmap to scale — defining infrastructure, governance, investment needs, and operating models.
Outcome: A board-ready blueprint to move from pilot to production with clear cost models, risk frameworks, and execution plans.

Turn proven pilots into scalable solutions. We help you design governance, infrastructure, investment plans, and risk frameworks for enterprise-wide adoption.

📊 Output: A clear roadmap for responsible, scalable AI deployment.

Why Pathfinder Works:

• Built for the unique challenges of emerging tech

• Minimizes risk by proving value early

• Integrates governance and compliance from day one

• Keeps strategies current with continuously updated insights

Engage where you need us most — whether that’s a single service (Explorer, Innovator, Planner) or the full end-to-end journey. Either way, we help you move from AI ambition to measurable business results — faster, safer, and with more confidence.

Business First, Not AI First

Every project starts with outcomes that matter.

Insights to Action

We help you prove value in weeks, not years.

Built for Execution

Every strategy connects directly to delivery.

Continuous Intelligence

Our proprietary insights engine keeps your AI plans aligned with the latest developments.

Traditional consulting isn’t designed for the realities of generative and agentic AI. Reports, slide decks, and strategies that never leave the boardroom no longer create competitive advantage. Mid-market businesses need a partner who can connect vision to execution — and deliver measurable outcomes, fast.

SoT was built for that mission. We’re not a consulting firm. We’re a new breed of AI services provider, purpose-built to help you move from AI ambition to business impact.

The Result: A flexible, outcomes-first partner that helps you move from AI ambition to measurable business impact — faster, safer, and with more confidence.

Outcome-Driven Execution

We focus on results, not reports. From identifying high-value opportunities to delivering working pilots in 90 days or less, we help you validate ROI and de-risk your AI investments before scaling.

Flexible and Fractional by Design

Access Chief AI Officer expertise when you need it — without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. Our modular services let you start small, scale as you grow, and align AI initiatives with your budget, capacity, and priorities.

Built for Emerging Technology

AI changes weekly — and we’re built for that. Our approach is designed for fast-moving, uncertain environments where quick validation, agile adaptation, and smart investment matter most.

Always-On Intelligence

We continuously track new use cases, risks, and best practices — and feed those insights directly into your strategy. That means your AI plans are always current, relevant, and grounded in the latest real-world developments.

The fastest way to unlock AI’s potential is to start. Whether you’re exploring new opportunities, validating a business case, or ready to build your first pilot, SoT’s Chief AI Officer-as-a-Service helps you move from ambition to measurable results — faster, with less risk, and on your terms.

Understand where you stand with our Free AI Readiness Assessment

Not sure where you stand? Take our short, free assessment to see how prepared your organization is to adopt and scale AI — and get a personalized roadmap for your next steps.

📊 What You’ll Get:

• A readiness score and tailored recommendations

• Insights into your organization’s AI strengths and gaps

• Actionable next steps to accelerate your AI journey

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Or Talk to a CAIO Expert

Ready to move forward? Schedule a no-obligation consultation with one of our fractional CAIOs to discuss your goals, challenges, and how we can help you deliver results.

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