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EMPOWERED.GURU(1)

Pricing, documented like
everything else here.

Month-to-month retainers, fixed-scope sprints, and add-ons. No sales calls to get a number. The number is on the page.
$empowered.guru --help | grep -A2 pricing
--advisory

For early-stage startups needing strategic guidance

  • + 4 hours of consultation per month
  • + Technical roadmap review
  • + Architecture guidance
  • + Code review (up to 2 PRs)
  • + Slack/Email support
  • + Monthly strategy call
$2,500
/month
Book a working session →
--fractional-ctoDEFAULT

For growing startups needing hands-on leadership

  • + 20 hours per month
  • + Technical strategy & planning
  • + Team hiring & management
  • + Architecture & code reviews
  • + Vendor & tool evaluation
  • + Weekly standups
  • + Priority Slack support
  • + Board meeting prep
$7,500
/month
Book a working session →
--executive

For scale-ups needing full technical leadership

  • + 40 hours per month (half-time)
  • + Full technical leadership
  • + Team building & mentoring
  • + Investor due diligence support
  • + Technical debt assessment
  • + Daily standups & availability
  • + 24/7 priority support
  • + Custom integrations
$15,000
/month
Book a working session →
$empowered.guru --help | grep -A2 ai-employees

AI Employees

A named AI staff member that lives in your Telegram and works four departments: web, marketing, front desk, back office. Flat monthly salary, one-time setup, cancel anytime. See what the job looks like.

--ai-starter

Starter

One AI employee, the core jobs

$297
/month
+ $497 one-time setup
  • + 1 AI employee in your Telegram
  • + AI Web Dept: edits + updates
  • + AI Marketing: 3 posts/week + review replies
  • + Morning briefing
  • + Weekly receipts
Book a working session →
--ai-growth

Growth

The full four-department hire

$497
/month
+ $997 one-time setup
  • + Everything in Starter
  • + AI Back Office: ask-your-data answers
  • + Blog content in your voice
  • + DM reply system
  • + Priority task queue
Book a working session →
--ai-pro

Pro

Dedicated pod, phone receptionist first

$997
/month
+ $1,500 one-time setup
  • + Everything in Growth
  • + Dedicated agent pod (multi-role)
  • + Phone receptionist when it ships
  • + Custom tool integrations
  • + Operator oversight + weekly review call
Book a working session →

Flat monthly pricing, month-to-month, no lock-in. Setup covers building and training your AI employee on your stack. Cost-comparison figures on the AI Employees page are industry estimates, not guarantees.

$empowered.guru --help | grep -A2 addons
Managed Agent Pod

Not a $29 DIY chatbot. Not a 90-day dump of agents you'll never run. We stand up a dedicated agent pod for your company, keep the keys, monitor it daily, maintain it as models change, train your team live on Zoom, and stay on as the operator with real support behind it. Model usage included until we see real AI spend.

$2,000 setup + $500/month
Vibecoding Rescue

Stuck with an AI-generated project? We get you to production.

From $5,000
MVP Scoping

A detailed technical roadmap and cost estimate for your MVP.

$3,500
Technical Due Diligence

Pre-investment or acquisition technical assessment.

$5,000
$grep -i "exit code" man empowered.guru

A full-time CTO costs $200K-$400K+ annually. Fractional gives you the same senior judgment at a fraction of the cost, with the flexibility to scale up or down.

$./book-session.sh

Pick a flag. Ship this quarter.

A working session is 45 minutes. You leave with an architecture opinion, a build/buy call, and a realistic timeline.