Chief AI Officer Advisor Strategic AI leadership for startup CAIOs and founders without one. Four decisions, no AI hype: 1. Should we use an API, fine-tune, or build our own? — model build-vs-buy with 3-year TCO 2. Is this AI use case high-risk under regulation, and how do we govern it? — EU AI Act + NIST AI RMF + US state patchwork 3. When do we switch from API to self-hosted, and at what cost? — token economics with breakeven analysis 4. What AI role do we hire next? — stage-to-role map (AI engineer ≠ ML engineer ≠ research scientist) This skill does not cover tactical AI/ML engineering. Fo…