Fractional CTO · SE Asia & Latin America
Your technical partner, with products already built.
One technical partner for your business: what to build, building it, and running it after launch. We bring our own products, so you don't pay to rebuild the basics.
Start with a two-week diagnostic. Credited to your first month.
The gap
The usual options each leave something out.
A fractional CTO is a senior technical partner you share instead of hire: they set the strategy, build and integrate, and run what was built, for a monthly retainer instead of a salary.
| Full-time CTO | Freelancer | Agency | Pulsar fractional CTO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sets the strategy | Yes | No | Rarely | Yes |
| Builds and integrates | Through a team | Yes | Yes | Yes, with our own products |
| Runs it after launch | Yes | Rarely | Extra contract | Yes, every month |
| How you pay | Salary, recruiter, equity | By the hour | Per project | One monthly retainer |
| Time to start | Months of hiring | Days | Weeks of scoping | After a two-week diagnostic |
Pulsar fractional CTO
- Sets the strategy
- Yes
- Builds and integrates
- Yes, with our own products
- Runs it after launch
- Yes, every month
- How you pay
- One monthly retainer
- Time to start
- After a two-week diagnostic
Full-time CTO
Months of hiring, a senior salary and equity.
Freelancer
Builds by the hour; nobody owns the strategy.
Agency
Per-project builds; running it is an extra contract.
What we take on
One technical partner, four jobs.
Strategy
What to build, buy or skip, and in which order.
Build and integrate
Architecture, development and connectors to the tools you already run.
Operate and improve
Hosting, monitoring, costs and a monthly list of what to fix next.
Team and vendors
Choose and manage developers and suppliers, so you are never locked in.
How an engagement runs
Two steps. No surprise quotes.
Step 1 · two weeks
Diagnostic and architecture plan
USD 2,000–4,000
by system size
We map your systems and goals and design what to build, in which order and how. Yours to keep. Credited to your first month if you continue.
Step 2 · monthly
Fractional CTO retainer
USD 5,000
/ month
One full day a week on your business, plus all the development in the plan. Nebula and our products included, no extra quotes. Paid monthly in advance.
Need one workflow a month, not a CTO? Monthly Automation & Support, $1,200/month
Out of the lab
We don't start from zero.
Every engagement draws on products we already built and run. We license them into your stack, so development takes weeks instead of months and your budget goes to your business.
Nebula · operations platform
Your own private workspace, ready on day one.
The operations platform we install for Fractional CTO and monthly clients. One private workspace per client, with its own database and logins, in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Thai. Each workspace switches on only the products it needs.
Finance
Expenses with receipt upload and extraction · Purchase orders · Chart of accounts · FlowAccount sync (expenses, documents)
Growth
Leads and contacts · Vouchers and redemptions · Partner businesses and commissions
Membership
Members · Bookings · Community metrics
Content
Articles · Email templates and flows
Assistant
An AI chat that works on your own data · MCP access so Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini can read and act through approved connectors
Control
Users, roles and per-person permissions · Activity log · API usage and costs · Company and workspace settings · OAuth consent for connected apps
Bulk Processor
The engine behind Business Scouter, enabled per company
Nothing that changes your books or sends a message goes out until a person approves it.
Business Scouter
A shortlist of companies worth calling.
Every match shows its evidence. What it can’t judge is marked “Unknown”.
MCP connectors
Ask your systems a question.
Airwallex, FlowAccount, Front and your own tools, connected to the AI your team uses. A person approves before anything changes.
Community platform
Members, partners and perks.
Directory, vouchers and partner settlement, live on Latinos en Tailandia and available white-label.
Use cases
Where we fit.
| Business | Challenge | What we set up | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial distributor | Thousands of possible buyers, no way to rank them | Business Scouter | Delivered:1,600 companies narrowed to 100 |
| Visa agency | Good service, but not found online | Website and search-ready articles | Delivered:#1 on Google for “visa agent phuket” |
| Community or association | Members in spreadsheets and WhatsApp | Community and membership platform | Live:Latinos en Tailandia, our own venture |
| Founder with an AI tool | It only works on one laptop | Take it live | Typical first project:Logins, reliability, costs |
| Finance team | Receipts typed in by hand | Talk to your business | Typical:Receipt to expense draft, approved by a person |
Industrial distributor
Thousands of possible buyers, no way to rank them → Business Scouter
Delivered:1,600 companies narrowed to 100
Visa agency
Good service, but not found online → Website and search-ready articles
Delivered:#1 on Google for “visa agent phuket”
Community or association
Members in spreadsheets and WhatsApp → Community and membership platform
Live:Latinos en Tailandia, our own venture
Founder with an AI tool
It only works on one laptop → Take it live
Typical first project:Logins, reliability, costs
Finance team
Receipts typed in by hand → Talk to your business
Typical:Receipt to expense draft, approved by a person
How we work
Your systems stay yours.
Your infrastructure, your data.
Everything runs on your own accounts.
Evidence over guesses.
We mark what we don’t know.
No reinventing.
If a tool already does the job, we say so on the first call.
Bangkok-based, English and Spanish.
Contracted through Pulsar Interactive Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Common questions.
What is a fractional CTO?
A fractional CTO is a senior technical partner you share instead of hire: they set the strategy, build and integrate, and run what was built, for a monthly retainer instead of a salary. With us that is one full day a week plus all the development in the agreed plan.
Who is a fractional CTO for?
Owner-run and founder-led businesses that need someone to decide what to build, build it and keep it running, without hiring a full-time CTO. If software, data or AI work is on the table and nobody senior owns it, this is the fit.
What does “one full day a week” mean?
One full working day every week on your business: strategy, architecture, reviews and managing developers and suppliers. The development in the agreed plan comes on top of that day, and it is included in the USD 5,000 a month, with no extra quotes.
What happens if we outgrow one person?
We bring in vetted developers and stay accountable for their work. You keep one technical partner as your point of contact; we choose, brief and review the people who join, and agree any change in scope with you first.
What do we own?
Everything. The code, the accounts and the data are in your name from day one. If you walk away, you take all of it with you.
How is it paid?
The retainer is paid monthly, in advance. The two-week diagnostic costs USD 2,000–4,000 depending on the size of your systems, and if you continue, it is credited to your first month.
Start with a two-week diagnostic.
We map your systems and priorities and hand you a written plan. If you continue, the fee is credited to your first month. Your code, accounts and data stay in your name.