Your AI Strategic Partner
An always-on AI that knows your business, runs operations autonomously, and gets smarter every month. Like a fractional Chief AI Officer, but available 24/7 at a fraction of the cost.
The problem
You are wearing every hat. Strategy, operations, sales, support, hiring, vendor management. AI tools exist, but they are disconnected, forgetful, and reactive. You spend more time managing tools than getting leverage from them.
Shadow CEO is the layer that sits above your tools, your data, and your workflows. It remembers everything. It acts on your behalf. It tells you what you need to know before you think to ask. And it gets better every single week.
Five capabilities
Every Shadow CEO deployment includes these interconnected modules.
Strategic Reasoning
Deep context about your business, market, and customers. Connects dots across departments and flags what you should be thinking about.
Autonomous Agents
Purpose-built modules that execute workflows: lead intake, follow-ups, competitive monitoring, KPI digests. Running on schedule or triggered by events.
Proactive Briefings
Morning briefings, end-of-day summaries, anomaly alerts. Your Shadow CEO tells you what matters before you ask.
Persistent Memory
Every conversation, decision, and data point remembered and searchable. An ever-growing understanding of your business that compounds over time.
Integrations
Connects to CRM, calendar, analytics, booking systems, and internal databases. Pulls data and takes action within the tools you already use.
Packages
Start with a Pilot. Scale when the value is proven.
Pilot
$2,500 / mo
3-month minimum
One channel, three agent modules, persistent memory. Prove the value before scaling.
- 1 messaging channel (Telegram or Slack)
- 90-min onboarding + doc upload
- 3 agent modules
- Persistent memory
- Morning briefing
- Weekly system review
- Monthly performance report
Standard
$5,000 / mo
Month-to-month after pilot
Multi-channel, six modules, custom integrations, team access.
- Everything in Pilot
- Up to 6 agent modules
- 2 custom integrations
- Owner + 3 team members
- Morning + EOD briefings + alerts
- Bi-weekly strategy calls
- Proactive recommendations
Enterprise
$8,000+ / mo
Custom scoped
Unlimited everything. Multi-location data isolation. Full compliance package.
- Everything in Standard
- Unlimited agent modules + custom builds
- Unlimited integrations
- Multi-location with data isolation
- Weekly strategy calls
- Full compliance package
- White-label option
Live in four weeks
From signed agreement to full autonomous operation.
Week 1
Discovery
90-minute onboarding. Business context mapping. Goal setting. Agent module selection.
Week 2
Build
System configuration. Memory seeding. Agent deployment. Integration setup.
Week 3
Calibrate
Live with owner. Daily check-ins. Tone and priority tuning. Edge case handling.
Week 4
Operate
Full autonomous operation. First performance report. Ongoing weekly review begins.
How this compares
Shadow CEO is not another tool. It is the layer that makes all your tools work together.
| Alternative | Shadow CEO advantage |
|---|---|
| Virtual Assistant | Always on. Never forgets. Costs less. Scales instantly. |
| ChatGPT / Claude (browser) | Persistent memory. Deep business context. Autonomous agents. Proactive, not reactive. |
| Enterprise knowledge tools ($60-100K/yr) | Knowledge platforms find info. Shadow CEO reasons about it and takes action. Works alongside them, not instead of them. |
| Other AI consultants | We build AND manage. System gets smarter monthly. Not a PDF deliverable. |
| Fractional COO | 24/7 availability. Perfect recall. No ego, no politics, no PTO. |
Compliance built in
All deployments follow the Coastal AI Compliance Framework. Data isolation, audit trails, human-in-the-loop on all critical decisions.
Ready to meet your Shadow CEO?
Book a 30-minute strategy session. We will assess your operations, identify the highest-impact agent modules, and scope a Pilot engagement.