Build an AI-native company in 12 months. Without becoming the bricklayer.
Inner Circle Corporate is for founders who run real organizations. Two seats per company. Twelve months. Carlos in the room with you and your COO every single week.
Build an AI-native company in 12 months. Without becoming the bricklayer.
Inner Circle Corporate is for founders who run real organizations. Two seats per company. Twelve months. Carlos in the room with you and your COO every single week.
Who this is for
Inner Circle Corporate is for you if...
- You run a 10 to 75 employee organization, or a lean 7 to 8 figure digital business with a real team
- You have a COO, Ops Lead, or Chief of Staff who can hold the second seat
- You're past 'what is ChatGPT' and ready for systematic deployment across the company
- You want architecture and embedded coaching, not a course or a vendor handoff
- You can write a $50,000 check without it being the biggest decision of your quarter
It's NOT for you if...
- You're a solo operator with no team to deploy AI into
- You want a vendor to build it for you (that's a separate strategic engagement starting at $100,000+)
- You want to send your team to a course (Section AI and similar are built for that)
- $50,000 is 'I'll think about it' money
- You want to figure out AI alone or watch tutorials at 2am
- Your team is using 15 different AI tools in silos. No unified architecture. No shared knowledge base. No measurable operational output.
- Every executive meeting ends with 'we should be doing more with AI.' Six months later, you still don't have a unified system.
- Your COO is great at operations but isn't an AI architect. You're great at strategy but you're not the one configuring tools.
- You're tired of being the bottleneck on every AI decision. You want the team running the system without you in every loop.
What Inner Circle Corporate is
A 12-month transformation container for founders and their operations leaders. Two seats per company. Weekly group calls with both seats attending. Monthly executive 1:1s. Quarterly virtual build sprints. An annual in-person retreat. Quarterly architectural audits. The full AI operating-system playbook. No upsells, no 'inner inner circle.'
See the full stackHere's what both seats get inside the room
- The Weekly Strategic Architecture Roundtable($84,000 Value)
52 group calls/yr, 90 min, both seats attend
The room. Twenty operator companies (Founder + COO duos) shipping AI infrastructure together with Carlos in the chair. Top-tier executive masterminds run $42K to $84K/yr just for this access.
- The Monthly Executive Council with Carlos($48,000 Value)
12 deep-dive 1:1s/yr, 60 min, Founder + COO + Carlos
Once a month Carlos goes deep on YOUR business with both seats present. Stack, hires, the bottleneck of the month. Fractional Chief AI Officer retainers run $180K to $300K/yr for the same role.
- The Quarterly Virtual Build Sprint($30,000 Value)
4/yr, half-day deep-work intensives
The whole room compresses three months of progress into one focused half-day. Standalone deep-work intensives sell for $7,500 to $10,000 each.
- The Annual Inner Circle Retreat($20,000 Value)
1/yr, 2 to 3 days, in person, both seats attend
Off-grid. The cohort plus Carlos. The decisions you do not make over Zoom. Top-tier business retreats run $15K to $50K admission alone.
- The AI Operating System Playbook($25,000 Value)
Yours from day one, continuously updated
Carlos's full architecture for AI-native operations. The same system running ACE. Premium executive consulting deliverables of this depth run $20K to $40K standalone.
- Custom AI Architectural Roadmap for Your Org($15,000 Value)
Delivered in week 4, refreshed quarterly
A roadmap specific to YOUR company. Where AI deploys first, which workflows convert next, what vendor stack to build on. Custom-mapped roadmaps from boutique AI consultancies run $15K to $25K.
- The COO Execution Library($20,000 Value)
Lifetime access, continuously updated
Templates, SOPs, workflow specs, and prompt libraries built for the COO seat. The library your operations lead actually uses on Monday mornings. Comparable enterprise playbook subscriptions cost $15K to $25K/yr.
- Quarterly Infrastructure Audit($24,000 Value)
4/yr Carlos audits your live AI implementation
Carlos personally reviews what your team has deployed and where the gaps are. Architectural audits of this caliber run $5K to $8K each from boutique consultancies.
- Tool Stack Specification + Vendor Selection Guide($8,000 Value)
Mapped to your org in month one
The exact AI tool stack to deploy, why each tool earned its slot, and which vendors to skip. Comparable AI advisory deliverables run $5K to $10K.
- Founder-Door Vendor Intros($10,000 Value)
As needed throughout the year
Carlos sends warm intros to founder-level contacts at the AI tools that matter. Comparable vendor-intro programs run $5K to $15K/yr.
- Quarterly Strategic Briefings (member-only)($15,000 Value)
4/yr, written memo + 20-min video
Carlos writes and records a quarterly strategic briefing exclusively for Inner Circle Corporate members. New AI plays, vendor shifts, what is breaking in production, what to deploy next. Consumed on your schedule. Comparable executive intelligence subscriptions run $10K to $20K/yr.
- Lifetime Materials Library($15,000 Value)
Yours forever, even after renewal
Every recording, transcript, and asset stays yours forever. Lifetime course access in comparable programs runs $10K to $25K standalone.
- Bonus: ACE Authority Seat (Insurance/RE only)($11,964 Value)
While member, qualifying verticals only
Free Authority-tier ACE seat for Inner Circle Corporate members in insurance or real estate. $997/mo Authority retail times 12.
Total Value: $325,964
Your Price Today: $50,000/yr
You save $275,964 by joining today.
One annual payment. Covers both seats. Renews annually.
One enrollment. Two seats.
Inner Circle Corporate (Annual)
$50,000/yr
Paid upfront. Covers both seats (Founder + COO/Ops Lead). Renews annually.
- Two seats included (Founder + COO or Ops Lead)
- Full year of weekly group calls, monthly 1:1s, quarterly sprints, annual retreat
- The complete AI Operating System Playbook
- Custom architectural roadmap delivered in week 4
- Bonus: Two-hour onboarding strategy intensive at year start ($2,500 value)
- Bonus: VIP at annual retreat (private dinner with Carlos)
What else $50K buys
- Hire a fractional Chief AI Officer: $180K to $300K/yr.
- Hire an in-house AI architect: $200K base plus benefits, plus ramp time.
- Top-tier executive mastermind without AI execution: $42K to $84K/yr just for the room.
- Boutique AI consultancy custom build: $20K to $100K per project (and they own the codebase, not you).
- Trial-and-error across AI tools: $50K to $150K wasted before you find what actually works.
About Carlos
For sixteen years I built audiences and operational systems in media. I scaled brands and operator teams long before AI was a thing. The frameworks I'm teaching here are not theoretical. They were tested across real client work, in real markets, on real revenue. I'm the founder of ACE, a productized AI marketing platform with paying customers in the insurance and real estate verticals. ACE runs daily across multiple tenants, and the operator pattern that powers it is the same pattern Inner Circle Corporate members deploy in their own organizations. The difference: ACE is built; you adapt the architecture to your business. Why I built Inner Circle Corporate specifically for two-seat enrollment: every time a CEO tries to deploy AI alone, implementation dies in week three. The COO is great at running operations but is not an AI architect. The CEO is great at strategy but is not the one configuring tools or rebuilding SOPs. When both seats are in the room together every week, the implementation actually ships. I am not your vendor. I am not building it for you. I am the architect sitting in the room with you and your Ops Lead, auditing your infrastructure every week, giving your team the exact guardrails so they build it right the first time.
Your year inside Inner Circle Corporate
- Day 1 to 7
Onboarding for both seats. Welcome packet, calendar setup for the year, two-hour strategy intensive with Carlos. Initial infrastructure audit kickoff.
- Week 4
Your Custom Architectural Roadmap is delivered. First weekly group call. First COO Execution Library handoff.
- Month 3
First quarterly virtual build sprint. Half-day deep work with the full room. First infrastructure audit by Carlos.
- Month 6
Mid-year executive review with Carlos. Both seats present. Roadmap recalibration based on first six months of deployment.
- Month 9
Retreat planning kicks off. Third quarterly sprint. Members coordinate year-end plays across the cohort.
- Month 10 to 12
Annual retreat (2 to 3 days, in person). Both seats attend. Annual infrastructure audit. Renewal decision.
30-day full money-back guarantee
If Inner Circle Corporate isn't what we said it would be in your first 30 days, full refund for both seats. No questions asked. After day 30 there is no refund (you have used the playbook, attended calls, met the room) but you can cancel any future renewal with one click.
Common questions
Capped at 20 companies. Each company brings two seats (Founder + COO or Ops Lead) so the room is up to 40 operators total. When the room is full, the room is full. New seats open only when companies do not renew.
The 2-seat structure is what makes the implementation actually ship. If you can't bring an operations leader, this program is not for you yet. Solo operators or pre-Ops-Lead companies should look at the Strategic Architecture Session ($749) instead.
No. Inner Circle Corporate is a 12-month transformation container, not an ongoing subscription. We removed the monthly option because operators who paid monthly were not making the year-long commitment the program requires. One annual payment, both seats, twelve months.
The Strategic Architecture Session is one 90-minute audit. You leave with the map. Inner Circle Corporate is the year-long execution container where Carlos coaches you and your COO through the actual build, every single week. If you have a real team and want to deploy AI across operations, this is for you.
No. Inner Circle Corporate is strategy, architecture, and embedded coaching. Not done-for-you implementation. Your team builds, Carlos audits. If you want a vendor to build the system for you, that is a separate strategic engagement at the $100K+ tier (case-by-case, by application only).
Then this is not the right time. We do not offer payment plans or sub-tier-minimum discounts. The investment is gated to ensure every company in the room is operating at a scale where the program delivers real return.
TBD per cohort. Member companies fund their own travel and hotel. I pick the venue based on the cohort and what the year needs.
Honest answer: founding cohort testimonials land as companies complete year one. If you join now, you're part of the proof bench going forward.
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