Cut through the AI noise. Ship what matters.
I help founders ship the right product, faster — with AI wired into your product, your workflows, and your team. Not with a slide deck. By showing up and building it with you.
You know AI changes everything. You're just not sure what to do about it.
Your engineers are curious but stretched thin. You've seen the demos but can't connect them to your actual workflows. You don't need a 6-month "AI strategy" from a consulting firm. You need someone who's done this before to show up and start building.
I'm Josh Pigford. I've spent 22 years building, operating and selling software companies — from Baremetrics (multi-million dollar exit) to 80+ SaaS products, marketplaces, and tools. Now I work with a handful of founders as a fractional AI + product co-founder.
That means I sit in your meetings, scope your features, find where AI creates real leverage, and help your team ship — fast.
AI Kickstart
I embed with your team for a week. Audit your workflows, identify the highest-impact AI opportunities, scope the first quick win, and build it. You walk away with a prioritized roadmap and something already working.
Fractional Co-founder
~8 hours a week of me in your corner. Regular check-ins, product and engineering meetings, feature scoping, AI integrations, team training, and honest gut-checks on your roadmap. The experienced founder in the room you can't justify hiring full-time.
Product Sprint
Got something specific? A new feature, an internal tool, a workflow that needs rebuilding. I scope it tight, build it fast, ship it in weeks — not months.
Product
I know what to build, what to cut, and how to ship it in weeks instead of months. I've done zero-to-one more times than most people have done zero.
AI Integration
Not theory. I run my own companies on AI daily — engineering workflows, automation, internal tooling. I know what actually works and what's hype.
Speed
Most delays aren't technical — they're indecision. I make the calls other people committee to death.
This isn't consulting.
No decks. No frameworks. No 90-day discovery phase.
I show up, I help, and things get shipped. If I'm not adding obvious value, fire me. No contracts, no guilt.
↳ [ DEPLOY IF ]
- You know AI matters but aren't sure where to start
- Your dev team is drowning in AI tool options
- You want a product founder in the room — not a contractor
- Speed is your competitive advantage
↳ [ ABORT IF ]
- You're looking for a chatbot vendor
- You want a strategy PDF
- Your team isn't ready to actually build
Let's talk.
or text +1-205-470-4803
30-minute call. No pitch. Just figuring out if there's a fit.