San Francisco & Sydney

I help companies ship faster and scale smarter.

Fractional CTOBoard AdvisorAI ConsultantAuthor

30+ companies advised. $250M+ in funding raised. 10 acquisitions to Meta, Sony, Zynga, and AOL. I bring the technical leadership that gets startups from zero to exit.

Available for new engagements
Martin Wells

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What I Do

Services

Fractional CTO

Get a seasoned technical co-founder without the equity cost. Your team ships faster, your architecture scales, and your investors sleep better.

  • Technical architecture & roadmaps
  • Team building & mentorship
  • Infrastructure audits
  • Dev process optimization
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Board Advisor

Make smarter technology bets at the board level. I help founders and investors separate real technical risk from noise before it costs millions.

  • Technical due diligence
  • M&A evaluation
  • Technology strategy
  • AI readiness assessment
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AI Consultant

Skip the 6-month AI experiment that goes nowhere. I design and ship production AI systems — RAG, computer vision, LLM pipelines — that deliver measurable ROI.

  • AI product architecture
  • LLM integration & RAG systems
  • ML pipeline design
  • AI-assisted dev workflows
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Results

Track Record

30+
Companies Advised
$250M+
Funding Raised
10
Acquisitions
50+
Engineers Led

Facilitated acquisitions to

MetaZyngaSonyAOL

Background

Experience

2018 - Present

Fractional CTO

Martin Wells

AI product leadership across RAG systems, computer vision pipelines, and enterprise AI transformation. Built team of 20+ ML engineers.

2019 - Present

Director

BuildAI

Building AI tools and products.

2024 - 2025

Fractional CTO

Raiz Invest

Technical leadership for ASX-listed fintech investment platform.

2022 - 2023

Fractional CTO

Seven Network

Led end-to-end delivery of Streamer.com.au. 2M+ users, 500K+ concurrent, 30+ person team, greenfield to production in 9 months.

2020 - 2022

Director

Repeat.gg

Gaming platform. Acquired by Sony.

2013 - 2015

CTO

Mino Games (YC / a16z)

#1 grossing iOS game in 25 countries. 15M downloads. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz.

2011 - 2014

Founder & CEO

Playcraft Labs

JavaScript game engine used by 15,000+ developers. Founded and managed to acquisition.

2009 - 2011

VP Engineering

Simraceway

25+ person engineering team. 3D racing simulation. Shipped retail game and racing service.

Get In Touch

Let's talk about your next move.

Whether you need a fractional CTO, board-level technical guidance, or help navigating AI strategy, I'd like to hear what you're building.