ArkoInc.

Services

Three ways
we engage.

Designed to be combined. Most engagements begin with a written diagnosis, move into a strategic retainer, and scope custom delivery as needs emerge. Month-to-month — no multi-year contracts.

01 / Transform

AI Transformation Sprint

From AI on the roadmap to AI in production.

Pricing

Engagement-specific · Scoped on the strategy call

A focused engagement that takes you from "we should be using AI" to a working production workflow that moves a real number on the business — revenue, cost, risk, or speed. Strategy, architecture, build, and governance, in one engagement.

What's included

  • Use-case discovery scored by business impact, not novelty
  • Production architecture: Azure OpenAI, RAG, evaluation gates
  • Responsible-AI governance: audit trails, bias review, escalation paths
  • Team enablement so the system survives our exit
  • Outcome ownership — we measure ourselves on the metric, not hours billed
Scope an AI sprint

02 / Defend

Compliance-Grade Engineering

Built to pass audit, satisfy regulators, and earn investor trust.

Pricing

Audits fixed-fee · Builds project-priced

Custom software where compliance is part of the architecture, not a quarterly cleanup. AML/BSA, PIPEDA/PHIPA, HIPAA-aligned, SOC 2-ready — engineered into the codebase from day one, with the evidence trail to prove it.

What's included

  • Compliance-aware architecture review and remediation roadmap
  • Audit-ready logging, access control, and evidence pipelines
  • Data-handling design for PIPEDA, HIPAA, AML/BSA contexts
  • Investor and regulator-facing technical due diligence packages
  • Security and privacy review tied to delivery, not delegated
Discuss compliance work

03 / Lead

Strategic Technology Leadership

A Fractional CTO who thinks about your P&L before they think about your stack.

Pricing

Monthly retainer · Month-to-month

Embedded technology leadership for companies that need senior judgement at the table — for product, fundraising, hiring, vendor decisions, and architecture — without the cost or commitment of a full-time executive hire. Month-to-month, outcome-driven, no decks.

What's included

  • Technology strategy aligned to business goals and capital plan
  • Architecture decisions defensible to investors, regulators, and engineers
  • Vendor selection, hiring, and team coaching
  • Board, investor, and acquirer-facing technical narrative
  • Translation between business outcomes and engineering reality
Discuss a retainer

How we work

Four steps, no surprises.

  1. Step 01

    Strategy call

    30 minutes · free

    We listen first. You tell us where you want the business to be in twelve months and what is currently in the way. We tell you whether we are the right partner — honestly — and what the next concrete step looks like.

  2. Step 02

    Written diagnosis

    1–2 weeks

    A scoped technical or strategic audit. You receive a written report with prioritized risks, opportunities, and a roadmap with budget and timeline. Investor-ready, board-ready, and yours to keep — even if the engagement ends here.

  3. Step 03

    Strategic plan

    Embedded or fixed

    We translate the diagnosis into a delivery plan with named milestones, named owners, and a budget that holds. Architecture decisions, staffing, vendor calls, governance — written down before a line of production code is committed.

  4. Step 04

    Disciplined delivery

    Project or retainer

    We lead the build with our team, your team, or a blend. Weekly progress, monthly strategy reviews, and the same person accountable from kickoff to handover. No mid-engagement principal swaps. No silent scope drift.

Pricing philosophy

Engagement-specific.
Always written down.

We never compete on price. We compete on the value of the business outcome we are accountable for. Pricing is scoped to that outcome and surfaced on the strategy call — once we understand what you are trying to ship and what would prove it worked.

Every quote is in writing before any work starts. Every staffing decision is transparent. Every retainer is month-to-month with a 30-day satisfaction clause: if you do not see value in the first month, you do not pay.

Free strategy call

Thirty minutes.
Three concrete recommendations.

We review your current technology landscape, identify your top three risks, and tell you what to do next. No deck, no commitment — just senior judgement, on the record.

Book a strategy callor email hello@arkoinc.ca