About

I install AI operating systems for service-based businesses.

I'm Espen. I run The CAIO. We build done-for-you AI operating systems on Claude Code — a Business Brain, a second brain, and 5–10 AI employees — all delivered in two weeks.

The short version: most business owners know AI could be handling their proposals, follow-ups, content, and client communications. They just never have time to sit down and wire it up. That's the work we do.

How I got here

Growth analyst turned Head of Growth for a SaaS company. I've spent years in the weeds of SEO, paid ads, email sequences, analytics dashboards, CRM systems, and data pipelines — the kind of work that usually requires a team of 3–5 specialists and $10K–$20K/month in agency fees.

When I started The CAIO, I tested a hypothesis: what if one person, with Claude Code, could run the entire marketing stack? Not just write a few blog posts. The entire thing — content, SEO, CRM, email automation, analytics, ads.

Here's what that test produced:

600+
Daily visitors in 14 days
90+
Blog posts published
1 operator
No team, no agency
Full stack
CRM, email, ads, analytics

Solo. No agency. No marketing team. Everything you see on this site — the blog, the email sequences, the analytics, the ad campaigns — runs on the same Claude Code setup I install for clients.

"Most business owners don't need another AI course. They need someone to install the thing for them and hand over the keys."

The gap I keep seeing

Every service-business owner I talk to says some version of the same thing: "I know AI could handle this. I just don't have time to figure out how." They've opened Claude, stared at a blank screen, and closed the tab.

That's not a knowledge problem. It's a time problem. And the solution isn't another tutorial — it's someone who already knows how to wire this up doing it for you.

So we install it. Two weeks. Business Brain, connected data, AI employees, running on your business before we finish.

How to work with me

$997

The AI Audit

A personalised analysis of your specific business. Delivered in 48 hours. Tells you exactly which 5–10 AI employees to build first — specific to your tools, team, and clients. Credited toward The Build if you move forward.

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from $5,000

The CAIO Build — Done-For-You

We install your AI operating system in two weeks. Your Business Brain (CLAUDE.md), your second brain (connected data), and 5–10 AI employees doing real work — all on Claude Code. You own everything. Optional $500/mo retainer for ongoing expansion.

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Who this is for

Service-based business owners doing $10K–$100K/month. Coaches, consultants, agency owners, freelancers, professional-service firms. People who are great at what they do and want AI handling the parts that don't require them.

If you'd rather have it built than learn to build it — this is for you.

Done-for-you AI operating system, installed on Claude Code.
Two weeks from now, your AI team is running.

Start with the $997 audit