AI Strategy
A senior operator evaluates business priorities, identifies high-value AI opportunities, and creates a practical roadmap aligned with your operating model, data, team capacity, and growth goals.
Give your company senior AI leadership without waiting for a permanent executive hire. Veep matches founder-led and growth-stage businesses with vetted operators who turn AI opportunities into owned priorities—from workflow design and data analysis to reporting, research, and internal process improvement. Get strategic judgment, hands-on execution, and a flexible engagement built around the work that matters now.
Flexible senior AI operating support that turns priorities into practical, well-governed business outcomes.
A senior operator evaluates business priorities, identifies high-value AI opportunities, and creates a practical roadmap aligned with your operating model, data, team capacity, and growth goals.
Design and improve recurring workflows for research, reporting, content, analysis, data cleanup, and internal processes—using AI where it creates meaningful leverage while preserving quality control.
Embed experienced oversight into AI-enabled work so automation is paired with business judgment, clear accountability, quality standards, and documented handoffs your team can sustain.
A Fractional Chief AI Officer from Veep brings senior judgment to the work of turning AI potential into reliable operating capacity. Your matched operator can prioritize use cases, shape workflows, guide adoption, and oversee quality across recurring work such as research, reporting, analysis, and internal processes. The engagement stays flexible, while accountability remains clear—so critical AI initiatives move forward without a permanent executive commitment.
Veep provides managed access to senior operators who take responsibility for critical work.
Work with vetted leaders who have served as founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite executives, and functional experts.
Receive a tailored operator shortlist within 72 hours for urgent, high-impact priorities requiring experienced ownership.
Structure advisory, project, or ongoing support around the initiative without making a permanent executive commitment.
Use the 30-day fit guarantee to replace your operator or exit without penalty.
Founders who understand the urgency behind critical work.
Co-Founder
Dave Garcia is a Co-Founder of Veep, bringing decades of experience building and scaling products inside high-growth startups. Throughout his career, Dave has launched products from the ground up, led critical organizational pivots, and guided companies through successful exits. His deep understanding of what it takes to move fast without sacrificing quality shapes Veep's approach to matching companies with senior operators who can immediately own outcomes. At Veep, Dave focuses on helping founders and CEOs offload urgent, high-impact work so they can concentrate on strategic priorities. He is passionate about giving founders access to the same caliber of operating talent that only the largest companies typically enjoy, ensuring critical work never sits idle waiting for a permanent hire.
Co-Founder
Jian Yang is a Co-Founder of Veep with an extensive background in raising capital, scaling companies, and leading organizations through successful exits. His experience spans multiple high-growth environments where he directly navigated the operational and financial challenges that founders face daily. Jian co-founded Veep to give other founders and executives access to senior-level operating expertise without the delays and risks of traditional hiring processes. He is dedicated to helping companies move critical initiatives forward with the same rigor and judgment he applied while building and scaling his own ventures. At Veep, Jian focuses on ensuring clients receive matched operators who bring both strategic insight and hands-on execution, helping founder-led and investor-backed companies grow smarter and faster.
Co-Founder
Mark Newhouse is a Co-Founder of Veep, known for building brands, transforming organizations, and successfully selling startups over the course of his career. His broad experience across company stages and industries gives him a unique perspective on the operational gaps that emerge as businesses scale. Mark co-founded Veep to address a recurring problem he witnessed firsthand: critical work without clear ownership, left to founders and CEOs already stretched thin. He is committed to building alongside founders, providing them with vetted senior operators who step in immediately and take ownership of high-impact priorities. At Veep, Mark emphasizes clean handoffs and guaranteed fit, ensuring that every engagement delivers real results and lasting continuity for the businesses Veep serves.
Chief AI Officer compensation varies widely by company stage, location, scope of responsibility, and the depth of technical and operational leadership required. A permanent executive hire also carries recruiting costs, benefits, equity, and long-term commitment. A fractional CAIO engagement scopes senior leadership to a specific initiative or ongoing need, allowing companies to access experienced AI operating capacity without taking on a fully loaded executive role immediately.
Speak with Veep about senior ownership for your most important AI work.
Vetted leaders with proven operating experience
Tailored operator selection for each initiative
Flexible engagement with reduced client risk
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