Why ‘CTO in Your Pocket’ Is Winning Over Investors (and Why Founders Shouldn’t Miss It) 

The New Era of Tech Leadership Is Here

Startups move fast. One week you’re refining pitch decks, the next you’re firefighting dev delays or rethinking product strategy after investor feedback.

But what hasn’t changed is the critical role that strategic tech leadership plays. And the brutal truth? Most early-stage startups either can’t afford a seasoned CTO or don’t need one full-time – yet.

That’s why we built CTO in Your Pocket (CYP). It’s not just another AI tool. It’s the foundation for a new model of tech leadership – embedded, intelligent, and built for how startups actually operate.

Introducing CTO in Your Pocket: Real-Time CTO Support

CTO in Your Pocket is an AI-powered platform that provides real-time, actionable tech and product insights – designed specifically for early-stage and scaling startups.

It’s a flexible system of expert-trained AI agents, including KIRA, that deliver contextual, workflow support without needing a full-time tech exec.

What that means in practice:

• Ask questions, get clear technical answers

• Audit your roadmap, backlog, or ticket quality

• Improve user stories and sprint hygiene

• Spot risks before they become expensive

• Guide developer growth toward future CTO capability

It’s fast. And it’s already changing how early-stage teams operate.

Why Founders Are Loving It

Most founders aren’t developers. And even technical founders don’t have time to do everything. Yet major tech decisions get made daily – often without enough insight, strategy, or oversight.

CTO in Your Pocket solves that.
You don’t need to hire a full-time CTO to:

• Make smarter decisions on product direction

• Spot delivery risks early

• Translate technical progress into investor-grade updates

• Ensure your team is building in a scalable, secure way

Real feedback we’ve received:

“The interface is so clear and tidy it encourages action.”
“My questions got better. My learning leapt forward. Remarkable.”
“This software is not clever; it’s genius!”

Why Investors and Accelerators Are Taking Notice

For investors, CYP is about de-risking delivery without requiring deep technical oversight. It ensures that the companies you’ve backed are building sustainably, making informed technical decisions, and reducing reliance on expensive advisors.

CYP doesn’t replace your diligence or governance – but it does help ensure your portfolio teams:

• Work with proper process and modern practices

• Level up their senior developers toward CTO-level thinking

• Avoid costly tech debt caused by inexperience or poor planning

For accelerators, CYP helps raise the quality bar across all participants—embedding better technical practices from day one, without needing to place a mentor on every team.

It’s not a course or a mentorship platform.
It’s tech leadership embedded into how startups work, always available, and tailored to how early-stage companies actually operate.

JIRA + KIRA: The Tech Behind the Magic

One of CYP’s biggest strengths is how naturally it fits into the tools you already use.

JIRA Integration

Connect directly to your JIRA boards. CYP analyses tickets and sprints to deliver insights on:

• Sprint health

• Ticket grooming quality

• Team collaboration and consistency

KIRA: Smart User Story Intelligence

KIRA is our intelligent agent built to improve user stories. It uses clarity models, best practices, and delivery logic aligned with what investors expect to see – turning messy requirements into investor-grade documentation.

Together, CYP and KIRA create a closed loop of insight, optimisation, and improvement across your delivery cycle.

Join the Beta – Help Shape the Future of AI-Driven Tech Leadership

We’re inviting founders, product leads, and startup teams to join our Beta Program:

✅ Early access to the CYP platform and AI agents

✅ Feedback loop to shape future functionality
✅ Locked-in lifetime discount post-launch

It’s fast to onboard. And if you’re an accelerator or VC partner, we’d love to explore how CYP can support your portfolio or cohorts.

Founders shouldn’t have to choose between guessing and overspending.
And investors shouldn’t have to fund blind.

CTO in Your Pocket is the new standard:
AI-powered, founder-focused, and always on.

👉 Apply for the free Beta here
👉 Get in touch if you’d like to embed CYP into your startup support programme