About Fractional AI Advisors

About

Fractional AI Advisors is a Saint Louis-based AI advisory firm that embeds executive-level AI leadership into organizations that need it without the cost of a full-time hire.

We work with small and mid-size businesses, higher education institutions, and professional services firms that are navigating AI adoption and need a clear strategy, solid governance, and a trusted partner to help them build it right.

What makes us different from a typical AI consulting firm: we're practitioners first. We use AI to run our own operations, which means every recommendation we make is backed by real implementation experience, not vendor relationships or theoretical frameworks.


How We Work With Organizations

AI Strategy and Governance Launchpad

A 90-day engagement to build a complete AI foundation. Strategy, governance, inventory, and roadmap.

Fractional Chief AI Officer

Ongoing embedded AI leadership for organizations that need executive guidance without the full-time overhead.

AI Readiness Assessment

A structured evaluation of your organization's AI maturity across strategy, governance, literacy, and data.

Our Mission

Helping organizations use AI with clarity, confidence, and responsibility.

Most organizations have access to the same AI tools. The ones succeeding aren't using better technology. They have a clear strategy, defined governance, and leadership that understands how to make decisions with AI, not just around it. That's what we help you build.


Core Values

Integrity

We tell you what AI can do, what it can't, and what it probably shouldn't. No overpromising. No hiding behind jargon. If something isn't the right fit, we'll say so.

Communication

You'll never wonder where things stand. We keep stakeholders informed, surface issues early, and make sure every recommendation comes with the context needed to act on it.

Clarity

AI is genuinely complex. Our job is to cut through the noise and give you a clear, actionable picture of what matters for your specific situation. No unnecessary complexity.

Impact

Deliverables are only worth something if they get used. We design every engagement around real, measurable outcomes and make sure your team has what it needs to execute after we're done.


About Cory Holmes

Cory Holmes, Founder and Fractional Chief AI Officer

I help organizations build AI strategies that actually work. Not just frameworks on paper. Real systems grounded in operational experience, with governance structures your team can actually use.

I founded Fractional AI Advisors because I kept seeing the same problem: organizations were making expensive AI decisions based on vendor pitches, conference keynotes, and consultants who had never actually deployed anything. Leadership was left with a stack of recommendations and no clear path forward.

I've worked with small businesses, professional services firms, and higher education institutions across the country, helping them move from scattered AI experimentation to structured, governed, and scalable AI capability.


Let's talk about where your organization stands with AI.

Book a free 30-minute strategy call. We'll talk through what's happening with AI in your organization, what's working, what isn't, and whether working together makes sense. No pitch, no pressure.