Fractional AI Team (the Pod) · Charlotte, NC
AI Pod Studios serves Charlotte, NC remotely from its Dallas HQ — engineers work in your Slack and repos, not a local office. We provide fractional AI team for banking, finance and insurance teams at $50/hr (Senior Lead $75/hr), a Pod (1 Senior Lead + 2 AI Engineers) priced from those rates, or a $5,000 two-week AI Sprint. Engineers join your Slack within 7 business days of MSA/SOW and deposit.
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For banking teams in Charlotte, fractional AI team usually starts with procedure search for branch and ops staff and correspondence drafting. The raw material is procedures, product terms and customer letters, so we scope audit trails and model-risk review into the SOW before the first commit.
For finance teams in Charlotte, fractional AI team usually starts with client-onboarding assistants, research summarization and reconciliation automation. The raw material is statements, disclosures and client correspondence, so we scope audit trails and access controls into the SOW before the first commit.
For insurance teams in Charlotte, fractional AI team usually starts with quote and FNOL intake plus policy RAG. The raw material is policies, claims notes and submissions, so we scope adjuster and underwriter review into the SOW before the first commit.
| Option | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer | $50/hr | Vetted engineer, part-time or full-time |
| Senior Lead | $75/hr | Architecture, reviews, delivery lead |
| The Pod: 1 Senior Lead + 2 AI Engineers, full-time in your Slack | $75/hr Lead + $50/hr Engineers | Pod totals quoted on your scoping call |
| AI Sprint (by AI Pod Lab) | $5,000 flat | 2 weeks, scoped build, code is yours |
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Then roll straight into $50/hr engineering — or stop. Your call.
No. Charlotte, NC is a served market. Work is delivered remotely into your Slack and repos from our Dallas HQ.
Engineers are $50/hr, Senior Leads $75/hr, the Pod is priced from those hourly rates with totals quoted on your scoping call, and the AI Sprint $5,000 flat for 2 weeks. Same rate card in every market.
Yes — banking projects often cover procedure search for branch and ops staff and correspondence drafting. We define audit trails and model-risk review in the SOW, and an NDA is available.
A common first Sprint is one slice of client-onboarding assistants, research summarization and reconciliation automation: two weeks, $5,000, and the code belongs to you.
Eastern time — full overlap with our minimum 4 hours/day US Eastern window. Engineers commit to at least 4 hours/day of US Eastern overlap.
They join your Slack within 7 business days after the MSA/SOW is signed and the deposit is received.
