Why wouldn't I just hire a full-time CTO?
“Good question! For starters, the annual cost of a full-time CTO now exceeds $300,000 + stock options.”
Automaze
“CTO-as-a-Service: embedded technical leadership for founders and companies, without taking equity.”
Questions & answers
What happens when I sign up?
“When you subscribe, you’ll receive an email with a link to your personal task board within one business day. The first task would be signing a confidentiality agreement. We’ll also schedule a call to get to know you and your business and to discuss your first request.”
Is there a request limit?
“Once subscribed, you can add as many requests to your queue as you’d like, and they will be handled by us one by one.”
How fast will tasks be completed?
“It depends on the task and its complexity, but on average, most requests will be completed in 2-3 days.”
Who's behind Automaze?
“Automaze was founded by Ran Aroussi, a software engineer with over 30 years of experience in various industries. Ran has worked with companies of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises, and has helped them build and scale their products.”
What if I'm not satisfied?
“No worries! We'll continue to iterate and revise until you're 100% satisfied.”
What if you don't find anything?
“Then we tell you, you keep the report, and you owe us nothing. It's happened, and we'd rather say it than pad an invoice.”
What if we want to stop partway through?
“The terms cover that before anyone signs. We're not interested in locking anyone into anything.”
Do you need write access to our accounts?
“No. Read-only for the audit. If you then want us to do the migration work, we agree that access separately and explicitly.”
What about the credits — are you just taking those?
“No. Our fee is based on the real reduction in what your infrastructure costs to run. Credits are separate, they're yours, and they reduce what you actually pay while our fee period runs.”
Who does the migration work?
“We do. That's included. You're not getting a PDF and a wish of good luck.”
Do you look at our code?
“With an NDA in place and read-only access, yes — that's where a lot of the savings are. If you'd rather we stayed on the infrastructure side only, say so and we'll scope it that way.”
Do we still need developers?
“No. That's the point. If you have developers, they work alongside the factory and we review their work the same way.”
Who owns the code?
“You do, entirely. It's in your repositories, on your infrastructure, from the first commit.”
What happens if we stop?
“You keep the code, the pipeline, and the staging setup. The factory instance and the service stop. Nothing needs unpicking.”
What if we disagree with a review?
“Then we talk about it. The verdict is our professional opinion, recorded so you can see the reasoning. You decide what ships — it's your product.”
How much of your time do we get?
“One scheduled call a week, plus async work through the ticketing system with a one business day turnaround on staging reviews. Larger pieces of work outside that get quoted separately.”
Can you work with our existing team?
“Yes. The review gate and the specification process apply to whatever produces the code.”
Is this an AI product?
“No. It's an engineering service. The factory is how we deliver, not what you're buying. What you're paying for is judgment about what to build and whether it's safe to ship.”
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- Published
- 2026-10-18
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- 2026-10-18
- Source summary
- Automaze: “CTO-as-a-Service: embedded technical leadership for founders and companies, without taking equity.”