Yard Labs

Services

Executive technical leadership for whatever stage you're at

Fractional CTO

For early-stage founders who need hands-on technical leadership

  • Deeply embedded in the industry, frictions, and driving the solution forwards
  • Removing the need for you to manage developers day to day
  • Creating delivery momentum without chaos, rework, or heroics
  • Pragmatic AI Engineering with evals, guardrails, privacy, and reliability built in
  • Interviewing, hiring, and onboarding your first key engineers
  • Plugging you into a network of trusted partners and talent
Daily involvementMonthly service chargeFlexible contracting options
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AI Foundations

For bootstrapped or pre-seed founders building with AI, at the earliest stages of an idea

  • Experienced judgement from a CTO who has launched 8 products from zero to one
  • Answer design partners' security, privacy and compliance questions with confidence
  • Guardrails on your AI build tools with security, privacy and quality baked-in
  • Bring together the best-in-class tools and a foundation that scales with you
  • Everything set up on accounts you own, so it's yours from day one
  • Supporting you for 30 days: weekly office hours and async questions any time
Secure your idea

Book and pay online now, £980 (incl. VAT). We'll email to set up a call and a start date.

Fixed fee30 days supportFollow-on flexibility

Advisory

For early-stage founders who need exec-level technical guidance, and engineering mentorship

  • Acting as your trusted sounding board for high-stakes decisions
  • Running tech, team, and process due diligence to drive your next phase of growth
  • Shaping your technology and AI roadmap, and cutting through the hype
  • Mentoring existing engineering leaders, helping them progress to the next level
  • Strengthening hiring and onboarding to secure and retain top talent
  • Plugging you into a network of trusted partners and talent
Weekly involvementMonthly service chargeFlexible commitment

Tech Leadership

For scale-ups who need product-focused engineering leadership to steady the ship

  • Interim or fractional technical leadership through transitions or growth
  • Running tech, team, and process due diligence to drive your next phase of growth
  • Building a delivery engine that earns trust with stakeholders and customers
  • Mentoring and supporting engineering leaders and team members progression
  • Driving ruthless, product-led prioritisation so the team builds what matters most
  • Raising quality, stability, and reliability for humans and agents alike
Daily commitmentMonthly service charge