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Lior Weinstein, founder and CEO of CTOx
Founder & CEO, CTOx

Lior Weinstein

Serial entrepreneur, fractional CTO and AI strategist. Founder of CTOx, the accelerator that trains senior technology leaders to build fractional CTO practices, and co-author of The Agent Advantage with Tony Robbins.

RoleFounder & CEO of CTOx (founded January 2024); fractional CTO to $20M–$100M businesses
BookThe Agent Advantage, co-authored with Tony Robbins, published by Hay House
ExpertiseAI strategy, technology leadership, digital transformation, building fractional executive practices
PatentsMultiple machine learning and AI patents; founded his first company at 14, exited two by his late twenties

About Lior

Lior Weinstein is a serial entrepreneur and strategic catalyst specializing in digital transformation. He helps CEOs of 8- and 9-figure businesses separate signal from noise so they can use technologies like AI to drive new value creation, increase velocity and leverage untapped opportunities.

He is a tactical turnaround specialist with deep practical expertise in leadership, marketing and software engineering, and rapidly distills complex strategies into a practical, actionable and future-resilient road map. Lior has built and sold multiple technology companies and holds multiple machine learning and AI patents.

In 2024 he founded CTOx to close a gap he kept running into: thousands of experienced technology leaders wanted to build fractional CTO practices but had no proven system for doing so. The CTOx Accelerator turns his Functional Technology™ Framework and his own fractional practice into a repeatable method, taught to hundreds of CTOs and CIOs.

His life purpose is dissolving people’s barriers to action so they can drive impact and pursue happiness.

The Agent Advantage

The Agent Advantage, co-authored with Tony Robbins and published by Hay House, is the book version of the methodology Lior teaches: the AI Org Chart, the AAA framework of Automation, Augmentation and Autonomy, and the No-Go Zones where AI should never replace people. It shows leaders how to build a parallel digital organization that owns intelligence instead of renting it.

Frameworks Lior is known for

The AI Org Chart

A parallel digital org chart for any company: which roles become agents, which stay human, and how the two report to each other.

AAA: Automation → Augmentation → Autonomy

The sequence for adopting AI without breaking the business: hands first, then the suit, then the brain.

Functional Technology™ Framework

DERISK → UNCLOG → SCALE. The order of operations every CTOx fractional CTO applies inside a client company.

Own, Don’t Rent

Labor is rented intelligence; code is owned intelligence. Build the intelligence your company keeps.

Speaking, writing and media

  • Forbes Business Council member and contributor on AI strategy, SaaS costs and fractional leadership.
  • Host and frequent guest on The CTOx Podcast, and a guest on business podcasts including Multiply Your Success.
  • Every other week he hosts Lunch with Lior, a free open Q&A for technology leaders considering fractional work.

Frequently asked

Who is Lior Weinstein?

Lior Weinstein is a serial entrepreneur, fractional CTO and the founder and CEO of CTOx, an accelerator that trains senior technology leaders to build fractional CTO practices. He co-authored The Agent Advantage with Tony Robbins and holds multiple machine learning and AI patents.

What is CTOx?

CTOx (CTO Exponential) was founded by Lior Weinstein in January 2024. It runs the CTOx Accelerator, a training, coaching and community program for CTOs and CIOs going fractional, and connects businesses with vetted fractional CTOs.

What is The Agent Advantage about?

The Agent Advantage, co-authored by Tony Robbins and Lior Weinstein and published by Hay House, explains how to build an AI Org Chart for a company: which work moves to AI agents, which stays human, and the Automation, Augmentation, Autonomy sequence for getting there.

How can I work with Lior?

Technology leaders can join the CTOx Accelerator or attend Lunch with Lior. Businesses looking for a fractional CTO can book a consultation through CTOx.

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