Mach Lilies provides technology strategy and advisory for founders, investors and leaders — fractional CTO leadership, technical due diligence, AI readiness, AI governance and AgentOps roadmaps. Clarity from people who have actually built the thing. Mach speed. Lily craft.
Decisions are cheap to make and expensive to get wrong.
Technology strategy and advisory is senior, operator-level guidance for the decisions that matter — what to build, whether to buy, how to adopt AI safely, how to scale, and who to hire. As a founder-led practice, Mach Lilies acts as a fractional CTO, runs technical due diligence for investors, and turns ambition into sequenced, fundable roadmaps — including AI readiness, AI governance and AgentOps roadmaps for boards that need clarity before they build. Candid advice from people who have built and run the systems, not just advised on them.
Fractional leadership, due diligence, roadmaps, AI governance and reviews — engaged together or à la carte.
Senior technical leadership, part-time, for startups and scale-ups that aren't ready for a full-time CTO.
For investors: assess a target's technology, team and risk before you commit capital.
Turn ambition into a sequenced, fundable plan your team and board can rally behind.
Where AI pays off, what's needed, and how to adopt it safely — readiness, governance and AgentOps roadmaps.
A senior second opinion on your system, scaling plan and key technical bets.
Org design, hiring plans and engineering practices that scale with the company.
Four movements from a hard decision to a plan you can act on with confidence.
We start with the business and the decision at hand, not a generic framework.
An honest assessment of the current state — tech, team, risks and options.
Direct, prioritised recommendations and a sequenced plan — no fence-sitting.
We can stay on to help deliver, or hand over a plan your team can run with.
We advise founders, investors and leaders across high-stakes domains — startups to enterprises.
We've built and run the systems we advise on — not career advisors.
No products to push. Our only incentive is your best outcome.
Direct, honest advice — including the things you may not want to hear.
Discreet by default, with NDAs and confidentiality as standard.
Senior judgement on the big calls — strategy, due diligence and safe AI adoption.
A fractional CTO is an experienced technology leader who works with you part-time — setting technical direction, leading the team and making key decisions — at a fraction of the cost and commitment of a full-time hire. Ideal for startups and scale-ups.
Technical due diligence is an independent assessment of a company's technology, architecture, team, security and risks — usually for investors or acquirers evaluating a deal. We deliver a clear, honest report you can act on.
Yes. We help boards and leadership teams build AI readiness, AI usage policy, vendor AI risk reviews and AgentOps roadmaps — and we can implement the controls through our AI Assurance and AgentOps services.
It's an evaluation of where AI can realistically create value for you, what data and capabilities you'd need, the build-vs-buy options and a pragmatic roadmap — so you invest in AI with eyes open.
Yes. We run technical due diligence for VCs, PE firms and acquirers — assessing the technology, team and risks of a target — discreetly and on tight timelines.
Flexibly — from a one-off assessment or due-diligence report to an ongoing fractional-CTO retainer. We scope to the decision and timeline you're facing.
Always. We work under NDA as standard and treat every engagement as strictly confidential.
Tell us the decision you're facing. We reply to every serious enquiry within one business day — and the first consultation is free.
