Blue Heron is a fractional CTO firm that gives small and mid-sized businesses senior IT and AI leadership, backed by AI agents and industry experts. Updated 2026-10-16.
| Name | Blue Heron AI |
|---|---|
| What it is | The education and Accelerator door of Blue Heron Companies. Blue Heron is a fractional CTO firm that gives small and mid-sized businesses senior IT and AI leadership, backed by AI agents and industry experts. |
| Free education | Live front-desk builds (Wednesday, October 28, 2026; Wednesday, November 4, 2026), replays and short lessons, and on-demand answers from AI industry advisors, labeled as AI. |
| Free assessment | A website-based AI assessment with a PDF, emailed; the Week 0 of the Accelerator. |
| The Accelerator | Blue Heron AI Accelerator (working name): an 8-week, done-with-you cohort. Founding cohort Tuesday, November 10, 2026 to Tuesday, January 12, 2027, 8 seats; later cohorts every 9 weeks. |
| Pricing | Founding seat: $2,997 in full or 3 × $1,069 (cohort 1 only, 8 seats); Core: $3,997 in full or 3 × $1,425; Pro: $5,997 in full or 3 × $2,135; VIP: $8,997 in full or 3 × $3,199 / 5 × $1,957. |
| Included software | The full AI Front Desk + Sales plan until graduation; after graduation a Front Desk Company plan (AI Front Desk, AI Front Desk + Outbound, AI Front Desk + Sales; prices on thefrontdeskcompany.com). |
| Guarantee | If the front desk is not answering real calls by the end of Week 2 for reasons on our side, the program fee is refunded in full. |
| Founding industries | Construction, Real Estate and Legal. |
| Fractional CTO | Blue Heron CTO: a retainer from $2,500 a month, up to 8 hours a month per retainer, for companies with about 20 or more staff. |
| Made by | Blue Heron Companies, LLC, Largo, Florida. |
| Founder | Thomas Bedell, founder and fractional cto. |
| Disclosure | Our advisors and agents are AI, and are always labeled as AI. The people on this site are people. |