Your CTO.By the day.
Senior tech leadership without the £200k salary. AI-native, embedded one day a week. Ships from week one.
Twenty years. Trusted by
Why this works
You don't need a full-time CTO.
You need someone who's already done it.
Ship from week one
First strategy session within five working days. Code shipping by week two. No recruiter, no notice period, no twelve-week scoping process.
AI-native delivery
Cursor, Claude Code, multi-model orchestration. What a team of seven took eight weeks to build now ships in eight days. Same quality. Different stack.
Embedded, accountable
One day a week embedded. Always-on Slack between sessions. Reports to your board. Hires your team. Owns architecture. Stays for the long game.
The CTO
Paul Gosnell. Twenty years shipping product. AI-native since 2024.
Serial entrepreneur and ex-IBM iX. Built and shipped over a thousand products across fintech, healthtech, travel, and AI. Now embedded as fractional CTO for founder-led businesses moving faster than agencies can keep up with.
The same engagement that took a team of seven eight weeks to deliver now ships in eight days. Not by cutting corners. By removing the time tax on ambition.
Selected work
Recent builds. Live in production.
Compare
Honest numbers. No spin.
| Option | Cost | Time to value | Builds it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time CTO hire | £200k+ salary, £25k recruiter, equity | 3-6 months to hire and ramp | If you can find one |
| Digital agency | £5-20k/month minimum | 6-12 weeks to scope | Slow, scoped to death |
| AI consultancy | £1.5-3k per day | Days to weeks | Strategy only |
| Traditional fractional CTO | £3-6k/month | Weeks | Strategy only |
| p0stman fractional CTO | £3-5k/month | Days. Code week two. | Strategy AND build |
Frequently asked
Common questions.
A consultant hands you a deck and leaves. A fractional CTO writes code, hires the team, owns architecture, and reports to your board. We're embedded one day a week with always-on availability for urgent decisions.
Bring a real problem.
30-min call, no agenda, no deck. We tell you whether fractional CTO is the right fit, or recommend something else if it isn't.
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