Fractional AI for scaling companies

Everyone's adopting AI.
Nobody's transforming with it.

Partnering with founders and CEOs to deliver AI-native solutions securely in weeks - by turning up, and implementing them with you.

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The problem · 01

Your teams use AI.
But most are stuck at Level 1–2.

AI-native companies aren't 20% more productive — they're unlocking 100× more capabilities.

Stuck
Level 01
Thought partner
Individuals ask AI for ideas and answers. One-off prompts, no workflow change.
Tool: ChatGPT tab
Most teams here
Level 02
Personal assistant
Individuals complete tasks faster. Time saved, but the org still runs the same way.
Tool: Copilot · 30% adoption
Real impact here
Level 03
Agent Teammates
AI agents support the org. Real work gets accelerated with new capabilities.
Tool: Team and workflow agents
The destination
Level 04
Agent Operating System
The org runs on agent intelligence. Company, teams and projects are connected.
Tool: Multi-agents in a system

Not a team failure — a structure problem. The path from Level 2 to Level 3 is crossable in weeks, one function at a time.

Level 1–2, in one line

We deployed AI. We bought subscriptions.

30% ChatGPT & Copilot adoption 0 workflows changed 0 proven ROI Monthly committee, nothing shipped
Who I am · 02

I've operated at Level 3–4 for years.

John Tan
John Tan
Founder · nativefirst.ai
Background
Ex-CEO, Depict (Y Combinator) · Operator
Source library
17 AI-native company playbooks
Daily stack
Claude Codex Lovable Cursor Granola

I'm the ex-CEO of Depict (YC). The team went on to found Lovable, Legora, and Tandem Health. I run all work and my personal life on agents by default.

I'm not a strategist who read a blog post and made a deck. I'm an operator who embeds inside your team, has been living this for years, and knows exactly what it takes to get there. Not remote. In your office, with you and your team.

Engagements · 03

The diagnostic is the door.
Everything starts there.

1 slot open. If this reads like your company, reach out.

Proof · 04

Two live clients.
Seventeen company playbooks.

Live clients · 2026

2 clients live.

Embedded Chief of AI · 6 months · Series B/C EU tech
  • First agent live in days; adopted by the entire team within weeks
  • Strategy decisions that took hours now take under 10 minutes
  • Phased rollout: primary user → full project and team. Measurable adoption at each step.
The source library · what I install from

17 company playbooks.

Agents, workflows, and operating patterns from the best AI-native companies
  • Anthropic · OpenAI · Google · Perplexity · Block · Shopify
  • Cursor · Cognition · Harvey · Sierra · Zapier · Midjourney · Notion · xAI
  • Ramp · Coinbase · Box – patterns that transfer to non-AI-native orgs

1 slot open.
AI is moving fast. Lead the reset.