Slava (Alpha) Kurilyak

TL;DR

  • Fractional CTO for early-stage founders — co-founder level ownership of your tech stack
  • Clear prepaid terms, no hourly billing, and fundraising exception details in my policy
  • Commitment-based pricing from weekly to yearly with full details on the services page
  • Warm investor introductions available (opt-in) — angels, early-stage VCs, and syndicates from my network
  • Builds AI agents, agentic workflows, and multi-agent systems in production

I'm a fractional CTO who builds technical products alongside early-stage founders — from zero to launch. Co-founder level ownership of your tech stack while you focus on fundraising and finding product-market fit.

I work with founders building toward unicorn outcomes — $1B+ company ambition. That shapes every architecture and product decision I make.

Whether you're pre-seed and actively raising (50% fundraising rate with 50% capacity) or already funded (standard rate with full capacity), I work on clear commitment-based pricing from weekly to yearly engagements.

What I Do as a Fractional CTO

For early-stage startups, I step in as your fractional CTO with co-founder level ownership during the build and MVP phase. I build alongside you with full responsibility for delivery.

I focus on product and system architecture, AI agents and agentic workflow development, backend and frontend development, and launch planning and execution.

For the complete scope and current tier details, see Fractional CTO services and pricing.

I specialize in agentic AI — building autonomous AI agents, multi-agent systems, and agentic workflows at the intersection of LLMs and business automation. These aren't side projects; they're the core of what I ship for clients.

For clients who want it, I can suggest warm introductions to investors in my network — angels, early-stage VCs, and syndicates. This is opt-in. I also disclose that I have a financial interest in your raise succeeding. Full fundraising and disclosure terms are documented in my policy.

I stay involved until I have replaced myself — helping you define the role, interview candidates, and complete the handoff to a full-time CTO. This transition support is included as long as you are on a standard full-rate engagement (weekly to yearly commitment). Full terms are on the policy page.

View fractional CTO services and pricing or review my complete policy to see if we're a good fit.

I code, travel, repeat. While exploring the world I meet clients and help founders build state-of-the-art AI products — leveraging different markets, perspectives, and approaches to build better systems.

Where I've Met Clients

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What I'm Building

Alongside client work, I'm building two products of my own — an AI agent product and an agentic tool product, both launching this year. I'll be sharing updates and insights from the build on Alpha Insights.

Client delivery comes first: I only take on engagements I can support at full commitment, and I schedule product R&D around that client workload.

Professional Background

Education

Work With Me

Early-Stage Founders: Need a fractional CTO to build your product while you raise and execute toward a unicorn and $1B+ (billion-dollar) outcome? I offer commitment-based engagements and a fundraising exception. View services and pricing and read the full policy.

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