AI Leadership Accelerator · Founding Cohort
You took the
Head of AI role. Now what?
A 6-week live program for enterprise AI leaders who need to make good decisions fast - before the board loses patience.
Max 10 seats · 6 taken · 4 left · Founding cohort pricing locked
Sound familiar?
- -You have 10+ AI pilots running. You honestly don't know which ones are doing anything useful.
- -Your CFO asked "what's the ROI on our AI program" and you didn't have a real answer.
- -Your team is debating LangChain vs. LangGraph and you can't guide that decision confidently.
- -You found out your employees are pasting client data into ChatGPT. You have no plan.
- -You need to present AI strategy to the board next month and you don't have a story that will land.
- -Your team is scared about being replaced by AI. You keep postponing the conversation.
- -A vendor told you to use AgentForce for everything. Your engineers disagree. You don't know who's right.
“The gap between a Head of AI who lasts 2 years and one who lasts 2 months isn't technical skill. It's a decision-making framework.”
What this is
Not a course. A working group.
Every week, you read a playbook module before the session. The module gives you the framework. The live session is where you apply it to your actual company - with your real pilots, your real team, your real board situation.
The 40-minute hot seat is where the program earns its price. You share your situation. Himanshu and the group give direct feedback. You leave with a completed deliverable, not homework.
By week 6, you have a reviewed 90-day AI strategy plan you can walk into your CIO's office with on Monday morning.
6-Week Curriculum
What we cover
The AI Audit - Kill What's Already Dead
Score every pilot. Make the kill/pivot/scale call. Leave with a completed portfolio audit you can present to leadership.
North Star Metrics - What the CFO Actually Wants
Stop measuring model accuracy. Start measuring the numbers that survive a budget review. Build your ROI case with real numbers.
Architecture Decisions Without Writing Code
MaaS vs. self-hosted. RAG vs. fine-tuning. N8N vs. LangGraph. You leave knowing exactly what to tell your engineering team.
Safety, Privacy, and the Compliance Moat
Shadow AI. PII pipelines. EU AI Act. DPDP. Build the compliance architecture that makes you a competitive advantage, not a liability.
Team, Culture, and the AI Anxiety Conversation
The exact words to say to a team that's scared of being replaced. How to identify your AI Champions and give them real authority.
Your 90-Day Plan - Graduation Session
You present your strategy. The group and Himanshu give direct feedback. You leave with a reviewed plan ready to show your board.
How to join
Choose your level
The Playbook
$49
One-time · Lifetime access
Get the PlaybookWhat's included
- ✓All 18 playbook modules (full text + frameworks)
- ✓Meridian Insurance case study (24 pilots → 3, saved $1.2M)
- ✓AI Pilot Scoring Template (Excel)
- ✓North Star Calculator + Swipe File
- ✓RAG Positioning Map, Buy vs. Build Decision Card
- ✓AI Council Charter Template
- ✓Executive Stakeholder Interview Script
- ✓All future module updates included
The Live Accelerator
$2,500
One-time · 6-week program
Apply for the CohortEverything in Playbook, plus
- ✓6 live weekly sessions (90 min each)
- ✓Weekly hot seat: apply every framework to your real company
- ✓Direct advisory from Himanshu between sessions
- ✓Peer group of max 10 AI leaders (Heads of AI, Directors, VPs)
- ✓Full AI Engineer HQ Accelerator access
- ✓Completed 90-day AI strategy plan, reviewed by peers and Himanshu
- ✓All deliverables: audit, metrics, architecture decision, risk assessment, team plan
Fractional AI Advisor
$6,500/mo
3-month minimum · Limited to 3 clients
Request a CallEverything in Accelerator, plus
- ✓4 private 60-min advisory calls per month
- ✓Async review: Himanshu reviews your actual docs, architecture proposals, team decisions
- ✓On-call access for urgent board or leadership situations
- ✓Full architecture review of your current AI stack
- ✓Hiring advisory: job descriptions, candidate evaluation, team structure
- ✓Monthly written strategy summary to share with your leadership team
Free resources
Start here before you buy anything
Twelve lead magnets. Each solves one specific problem. No email wall for the first one.
Scorecard
AI Pilot Kill Switch - Score Any Pilot in 30 Minutes
Cheatsheet
The Only AI Metrics Your CFO Actually Cares About
Risk Assessment
Shadow AI Exposure - 10-Question Scorecard
Decision Card
Buy vs. Build - 6 Questions Before You Choose Any AI Tool
Script
The AI Anxiety Conversation - Word-for-Word
Template
AI Council Charter - One Page to Align Product, Legal, Engineering
Diagram
RAG vs. Fine-Tuning vs. Prompt Engineering - Decision Map
Checklist
Your First 90 Days as Head of AI - 30 Specific Actions
Questionnaire
15 Questions Before You Sign Any AI Vendor Contract
Visual
5-Level AI Maturity Model - Where Is Your Company Today?
Template
The AI Board Deck - 10 Slides That Get Budget Approved
Flowchart
"Is This Actually an AI Problem?" Decision Tree
From the founding group
What leaders are saying
“I needed to understand the end-to-end picture so that when conversations happen, I can anchor them based on knowledge. This gave me that structure before my first week on the job.”
Head of AI · Automotive Finance Company · Atlanta, GA
“I was getting leads every two or three days for Head of AI roles and failing the interviews. The architecture frameworks here are exactly what I needed. Specific, practical, not theoretical.”
Principal AI Architect · Financial Services · Atlanta, GA
Who teaches this
Himanshu Ramchandani
Microsoft MVP · Founder, MasterDextar · AI Advisor
Close to a decade building AI systems across Energy, Healthcare, Law Enforcement, and Defense. Worked on 100+ Data and AI projects. Currently building AI agents for enterprise clients across India and Mexico. Also runs AI Engineer HQ, where engineers ship real AI products. This program is built from actual client work - not textbooks, not slide decks, not theory.
Questions
Answered directly
Do I need a technical background?
No. This is for leaders who make decisions, not engineers who write code. You need enough technical vocabulary to guide your team - this program gives you exactly that.
What if I can't attend every session live?
Sessions are recorded. But the live hot seat is where most of the value happens. If you miss more than 2, you're not getting what you paid for. Be honest about your calendar before you apply.
I already bought the playbook. Can I upgrade?
Yes. The $499 you paid goes toward the cohort price. You pay the difference.
What industries does this cover?
Finance, healthcare, manufacturing, legal, and SaaS are represented in the founding cohort. The frameworks are industry-agnostic. The case studies are specific. You apply them to your situation in each session.
When does the next cohort start?
The founding cohort is capped at 10 seats. 6 are already taken - 4 remain. Once the last seat fills, it closes and we set the start date.
What if it's not right for me?
If you complete the first two sessions and feel it's not the right fit, full refund, no questions. Beyond that, the work is underway and refunds close.
Your first 90 days in an AI leadership role are the ones that define the next 2 years.
Most leaders go in unprepared. The ones who don't are the ones who have a framework before they walk in the door.
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