Dualboot Partners

Dualboot Partners: workshop, fractional executive or extra engineers

Dualboot Partners puts several routes into an engagement on its menu at once: a fractional Chief AI Officer and AI strategy consulting¹ sit on the same services list as staff augmentation and product development². A buyer still deciding whether it needs a fixed scope project, an advisory retainer or more engineering hands can price all three with a single firm, and that flexibility is the main reason Dualboot is placed third.

Dualboot as a counterparty

Dualboot's about page opens on a promise to build the systems through which a business grows with AI³. Two branded methods frame the work: Aixle, the operating model that combines strategy with design and engineering⁴, and DB90, which Dualboot says puts AI into each phase of building a product⁵. Dualboot positions its people as partners who weigh the commercial result as heavily as the engineering⁶.

The bench a buyer draws on exceeds 400 people, on the firm's figures, combining nearshore engineering with product leadership in the US⁷. On the leadership page a buyer will find a co founder in the CEO seat⁸, a second co founder⁹, a CTO¹⁰, a combined CFO and COO¹¹, and an EVP for business strategy¹². Where the firm is rooted shows in its trophy list, which is North Carolina heavy¹³, from a 2023 Local Excellence prize in Charlotte¹⁴ to the 2024 edition of the state's Mid-Market Fast 40¹⁵. No headquarters address appears in the material we saved, so the HQ is not publicly stated on the pages we opened.

Three contract shapes on one menu

### Fixed scope: the strategy workshop

Dualboot calls a focused strategy workshop the most efficient way to start in many cases¹⁶. Each workshop is tailored¹⁷, and the output it aims for is a set of three AI initiatives, ranked and screened for risk¹⁸. The firm stresses that the sessions are hands on working time for participants¹⁹, and that the session leads straight into building a solution²⁰. Risk, security and governance enter the conversation in the very first discovery meeting²¹.

In contract terms, this resembles a small fixed scope engagement with a defined deliverable. The output is defined in advance¹⁸, while the price floats with three variables Dualboot names: scope, organizational complexity and the depth of discovery²².

### Retainer style: the fractional CAIO

For buyers who want senior AI leadership without hiring, the fractional CAIO service provides an executive on a part time basis, avoiding the friction of a permanent hire²³. A typical commitment equals one to two days of that executive's week²⁴, and the time can scale with the organization's needs²⁵. Engagements last six to eighteen months, with flexibility meant to allow either a planned handover or a longer alignment²⁶.

What the buyer gets for that time is spelled out: an AI risk framework with supporting policies²⁷, a defined ownership structure and intake process for AI requests²⁸, and an enterprise AI roadmap²⁹. The people running it, Dualboot notes, hold AI governance professional certifications³⁰.

Among the five consultancies Larkmoor compares, this is the ongoing arrangement described with the most precision on the pages we opened, because both a weekly time commitment and a duration range are given^24,26. The fee for it is not publicly stated on the pages we opened.

### Capacity: build teams and staff augmentation

A buyer who wants one accountable supplier gets that here: Dualboot keeps strategy, development and deployment under a single roof³¹ and staffs projects with a full stack team that carries a product from concept to release³². Staff augmentation is its own line on the services menu². Two case studies show how Dualboot's people sit inside client teams: it embedded with DebtBook's team to build that platform³³, and it came in to reinforce the product team at PrizePicks³⁴.

Hiring weighs communication alongside technical depth, per the about page³⁵; for a buyer comparing augmentation rates, it also matters that engineering sits nearshore while product leadership is based in the US³⁶.

Security and compliance inside delivery

Security is offered as a practice of its own, joining cloud security with secure AI development and threat detection and response³⁷. Dualboot's engineers review code, assess vulnerabilities and run penetration tests³⁸, supported by automated SAST and DAST scanning and dependency checks³⁹. For the cloud layer, Dualboot writes infrastructure as code to give clients scalable, resilient foundations⁴⁰. For buyers in health care or with European data, Dualboot automates HIPAA and GDPR checks inside the delivery pipeline⁴¹ and describes compliance as something designed into the product⁴². On reliability, the security page claims that hardened infrastructure keeps systems up 99.99% of the time⁴³.

The firm's responsible AI policy, which a buyer's legal team can read before signing, leads with fairness among its five principles⁴⁴, promises suitable technical and organizational safeguards⁴⁵ and makes a governance committee answerable for compliance and incidents⁴⁶.

For buyers whose vendor rules require it, an organization level SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification is not publicly stated on the pages we opened.

Published client work

1. **Continental Tire.** The retreading platform was modernized to link partner stations and automate workflows⁴⁷; it serves the 13 US dealers that offer Continental's retreading⁴⁸. Its brief was a rebuild on a fresh platform with tighter security and a new look⁴⁹, carried out in tandem with Continental's German DevOps group⁵⁰. The case study is candid about the scope: when a new project manager took over on the client side, the target became a copy of every old feature⁵¹, and three shift operations at the shops narrowed the windows for deployment⁵². 2. **DebtBook.** This engagement began as advice, with Dualboot validating the concept for the founder ahead of the build⁵³; the public finance platform that followed⁵⁴ went on to raise nearly $2M inside a year and a half⁵⁵. 3. **PetScreening.** A rental sector product that Dualboot took from first sketches to a live launch inside five months⁵⁶. In its own reporting the client cites large numbers, growing 21% from one month to the next⁵⁷, clawing back pet linked revenue worth $87.9 million⁵⁸ and 1.3 million hours of administrative and legal work saved over 2025⁵⁹. 4. **PrizePicks.** Dualboot helped ship Streaks, a game that costs nothing to play, using agile releases⁶⁰; the client then saw new users rise by a tenth⁶¹ and gained access to 13 more states⁶².

Sector pages span nine markets, with health care, finance, retail and supply chain on one list⁶³ and utilities, software, property, private equity and media on another⁶⁴.

What Dualboot's model offers a buyer

1. Three contract shapes from one firm: a workshop, a fractional CAIO and staff augmentation^1,2,17. 2. A published weekly commitment and duration for its advisory service^24,26. 3. Security testing and compliance checks built into delivery^38,41. 4. A responsible AI policy with a named governance committee⁴⁶.

Gaps in Dualboot's published terms

1. Price depends on scope, and no fee levels are given²². 2. An audited company wide security standard is not publicly stated on the pages we opened. 3. A head office location is not publicly stated on the pages we opened. 4. The four case studies we read describe software products and platforms^47,54,56,60, while AI offers appear on service pages^17,23.

Why Dualboot Partners is third

Dualboot gives a buyer a set of contract shapes, and its fractional CAIO offer puts firm numbers on an advisory relationship^24,26. BlueLabel sits above it on the strength of a timed pilot and a 90 day ROI promise^65,66. Nexus sits at the top, because pricing per role automated takes consultant time off the invoice and SOC 2 Type 2 answers the security question Dualboot's pages leave open⁶⁷.