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03 — CTO · AI-FIRST ARCHITECTURE

A team of 3 that ships like 30.

CTO as a Service: we architect your solution around AI, automate the maximum, and lead delivery with a fraction of the headcount — on one monthly retainer.

45 minutes · free · an honest read on your architecture
AI roadmap — costed
audit → architecture, in 2 weeks
AI-firstautomation map
40%
of ops typically automatable
3 engineersshipping like 30
2 weeks
to a costed AI roadmap
40%
of ops typically automatable
3 vs 30
headcount, same shipping speed
1 retainer
architecture + leadership + delivery
IF THIS IS YOU — 01

"I have a business — not a startup yet."

You know the market. There's no product, no team, no architecture. We design all three and make it a company that ships. That's the Snowbus story ↓

→ architecture, team, roadmap — owned
IF THIS IS YOU — 02

"Dev costs grow faster than revenue."

Every feature seems to need another hire. We re-architect around AI and automation, so 3 engineers ship like 30.

→ a costed automation roadmap
IF THIS IS YOU — 03

"Nobody technical owns the big picture."

An agency builds, freelancers patch — no one answers for architecture, security, scale. We take ownership, on retainer.

→ a CTO without the payroll
How it works
audit → roadmap → small team ships
WEEKS 1–2
Audit
Inside your stack, costs and processes.
→ automation map
WEEK 3
Costed roadmap
AI-first architecture with a price on every step.
→ decide with numbers
WEEK 4+
Small team ships
We lead delivery with a few AI-augmented engineers.
→ 3 doing the work of 30
QUARTERLY
Cost-vs-automation review
Automation grows; your payroll doesn't.
→ scale without headcount
Case — Snowbus

A founder and a business. We made it a startup.

Snowbus reached us as a founder with a business — no product, no team. We designed the app, the architecture and scalability plan, and the whole backend structure, then fielded the dev team that has kept developing and supporting it since — monitoring included.

idea → shipped productarchitecture by LSteam still on it
SNOWBUS — WHAT WE OWNEDshipped
App design & product scopeSHIPPED
Architecture & scalabilitySHIPPED
Whole backend structureSHIPPED
Dedicated dev teamONGOING
Monitoring & support24/7
LS Team planning architecture
The retainer covers
Fractional CTO — strategy, hiring plan, vendor calls
AI-first architecture and automation design
Delivery leadership of a small embedded team
Quarterly cost-vs-automation review

Stop scaling payroll. Scale architecture.

LSTEAMSenior Eastern European engineers — on subscription, embedded in your team, or leading your AI-first architecture.
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