What we deliver
RationalAI provides fractional and project-based AI leadership to PE-backed healthcare companies. Every engagement is built around operational outcomes — and every implementation is architected with security and compliance integrity from the start.
Service 1
Fractional Chief AI Officer
Retained Advisory
For organizations that need ongoing senior AI leadership without the cost, timeline, or risk of a full-time executive hire.
A Fractional CAIO engagement embeds senior AI leadership directly into your organization — typically two days per week — covering AI strategy, program governance, vendor evaluation, implementation oversight, team development, and board-level communication.
Engagements span both operational AI (workflow automation, process efficiency, insight generation) and product AI (embedding AI capability into client-facing applications). Every program is designed pilot-first: bounded early wins build the confidence and evidence base needed to scale.
Structured as a monthly retainer with defined deliverables and clear success criteria.
Best fit for: CEOs, COOs, and PE operating partners who need a senior AI executive embedded in the organization and accountable for results.
Service 2
AI Opportunity Assessment
Fixed-Fee Engagement
For organizations that want to identify and prioritize their highest-value AI opportunities before committing to a larger program.
This structured six-to-eight week engagement surfaces where AI can deliver measurable operational leverage, evaluates your data readiness, and produces a prioritized implementation roadmap — so leadership can make informed decisions about where to invest and in what sequence.
The Assessment delivers: A prioritized inventory of AI opportunities across operational workflows and, where applicable, product capabilitiesData readiness and infrastructure evaluation
Governance and compliance considerations specific to your environmentA 12-month implementation roadmap with phased recommendations
Priced as a standalone engagement with independent value. Not a loss-leader toward a retainer.
Best fit for: Organizations with clear AI ambition and limited internal clarity on where to start — or where to start first.
Service 3
AI Program Delivery
Project-Based Engagement
For organizations that have identified one or more AI opportunities and need experienced outside leadership to take them from concept to production.
AI initiatives fail when phases get skipped, compressed, or handed to teams without the context to execute. RationalAI structures every program around the full lifecycle, with defined deliverables at each stage:
Feasibility & Initiation — Validate the opportunity, assess data readiness, and establish the business case. Produces a project charter and go/no-go recommendation before significant resources are committed.
Planning — Build the implementation plan, finalize vendor selection and contracting, define success criteria, and establish governance.
Execution — Build, integrate, and deploy, managed against scope, timeline, and budget with hands-on oversight.
Monitoring & Stabilization — Confirm production performance, set baselines, and document handoff to internal teams.
Engagements are fixed-fee and can span a single phase, a full initiative, or several initiatives in one scoped program.This pairs naturally with the AI Opportunity Assessment: the Assessment identifies what to pursue — Program Delivery is how you go get it.
Best fit for: organizations with defined AI priorities that need structured, accountable leadership to execute them correctly.
Service 4
Investment Diligence Advisory
Hourly Engagement
For investors evaluating healthcare technology acquisitions where AI program quality, technical debt, or compliance posture is a material consideration.
AI due diligence requires a different lens than traditional technology assessments. We evaluate AI program maturity, model architecture quality, data infrastructure, vendor dependency risk, HIPAA and cybersecurity posture, and implementation sustainability — and translate findings into clear risk-adjusted terms that inform deal structure and post-close integration planning.
Billed hourly with no minimum commitment.
Best fit for: PE and strategic investors conducting pre-LOI or pre-close diligence on healthcare technology targets where AI is a component of value or risk.
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Common Questions
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Senior AI leadership embedded in your organization — typically two days per week — without the cost, timeline, or risk of a full-time hire. We cover strategy, governance, vendor selection, implementation oversight, and board-level communication, and stay accountable for outcomes.
PE-backed healthcare firms and healthcare organizations, typically $20M–$500M in revenue, across healthcare services, revenue cycle, clinical operations, market research, and digital health. Our buyers are CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and PE operating partners who need senior AI leadership fast.
Most clients begin with a fixed-fee AI Opportunity Assessment that identifies and prioritizes where AI delivers the most value. Others start with a retained advisory or a scoped delivery project. We’ll point you to the right entry point.
Security and HIPAA integrity are foundational requirements in every engagement, architected in from the start — never bolted on afterward. Programs built this way protect operational integrity and hold up under due diligence scrutiny at exactly the moment it counts.
No. We design for portability using open orchestration standards, so you’re never tied to a single model provider or platform. You retain architectural control and the flexibility to adapt as the AI landscape evolves.
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