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Chuck Yates Got A Job
by collide.
Welcome to Chuck Yates Got A Job with Chuck Yates. You've now found your dysfunctional life coach, the Investor Formerly known as Prominent Businessman Chuck Yates. What's not to learn from the self-proclaimed Galactic Viceroy, who was publicly canned from a prominent private equity firm, has had enough therapy to quote Brene Brown chapter and verse and spends most days embarrassing himself on Energy Finance Twitter as @Nimblephatty.
Episodes
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I Started an AI Company in My 50s. Here’s What I Learned | Chuck Yates Keynote
Five lessons pulled from a junior high dance floor, a Wall Street Journal firing, and a weekend in Battle Creek learning to code. Chuck Yates, co-founder of Collide, takes the Ion stage and argues that energy's AI problem was never the tech. It is permission, labels, and an industry that named…
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A 50-Year-Old Pipe Support Company Where 100 Employees Now Build Their Own AI Agents
A garage full of Ethereum rigs once set a house on fire, and that was only the warmup. Rakesh Agrawal and Lloyd Kirchner run Piping Technology & Products, a 50 year old Houston manufacturer where 100 employees now build their own AI agents and a welding cobot just got unveiled to 450 people on…
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Silicon Valley and Oil and Gas Are Playing the Same Game
Houston has always run on optimism, spending everything to drill a hole where nobody has drilled before and then finding out what came back. Leon Coe, founder of Amplify Intelligence and the Houston AI Club, thinks that same instinct is exactly what AI needs. He and Chuck get into why executives...
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Why Oil Companies Leave So Much Money Downhole
Everybody chases the drill bit, but the real money can hide in wells that have produced for years. D.J. Snyder left drilling and completions to chase what nobody wanted to touch: production. His company Vannevar builds downhole tools that squeeze more oil out of wells already in the ground, using…
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The Best Oil Investment Most People Don’t Understand
You can own the dirt under someone's ranch without ever setting foot on it and still collect a check every month while an oil company does all the work. Karl Brensike of Harvest Mineral & Royalty Partners calls minerals the single greatest asset class on the planet, and he makes a pretty…
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The Stablecoin Backed by Real Barrels of Oil
What if you could stash a barrel of oil in a digital bank account and drop it in your kid's Christmas stocking? That's the wild idea Wil Harris of Energy Substantiation is chasing, building the stablecoin of oil. He breaks down how WTI coins work, why nobody had ever banked a barrel before, and...
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The Candy Crush Guy Now Secures Oil and Gas AI
Running data security for Candy Crush during a pandemic turns out to be solid training for almost anything, and Sam Texas brought that hard earned paranoia to Collide. From flipping thrift store suits on eBay to keeping the world's biggest mobile game alive from Sweden, his road to oil and gas…
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Can AI Predict the Next Oilfield Disaster?
Cority has been quietly building environmental, health, and safety software for forty years, and Amanda Smith runs the strategy keeping up with AI that changes every six months. She and Chuck get into why a system of record beats raw AI on life or death calls, how a 600 page permit went from…
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90% of the Oil Is Still in the Ground. This Is the Technology Built to Get It.
Jon Slominski, Founding AI Engineer at Collide, sits down with Chuck to break down what it actually takes to build AI that works inside a real oil and gas enterprise. From agent hierarchies that read and write across legacy systems, to a mapping interface that lets you chat your GIS data into...
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The Unsolved Problem Hiding Inside Every Oil and Gas Deal
Most energy companies buying billion dollar assets get handed a stack of hard drives and have zero clue what's on them. Clay Branch, Technical Staff at Collide, joins Chuck to break down the unglamorous but absolutely critical work of document categorization, data extraction, and why clean…
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TCU Sent College Kids Into the Permian Basin. Here's What Happened.
TCU's energy internship program is back for round two and the results are kind of wild. What started as a summer experiment with business students who knew zero about oil and gas turned into kids giving no-notes presentations on legacy well economics in just ten weeks. Nikki Morris, Executive...
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Why Collide's CTO Left a Billion Dollar Company to Join 12 Employees
Canisius Rozario left a multi-billion dollar company managing 300 people to become employee number 12 at Collide. The CTO role at a seed-stage startup came with anxiety, stress, and constant noise about every new AI tool dropping daily. But it also came with the opportunity to build something…
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Why Every Oil & Gas Company Is Getting AI Strategy Wrong (And How to Fix It)
Most companies talk about AI strategy but freeze when it's time to actually implement. Collin McLelland shares how one E&P CEO cut through the noise by focusing on small, tangible wins—like automating regulatory filings that saved 1200 engineering hours. The real insight? Stop chasing sexy AI...
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Collide AI 2025 Wrapped Part 1: Why Forward Deployed Engineers Ship When AI Pilots Fail
Collide AI 2025 Wrapped Part 1 turns into a real talk on why forward deployed engineers win where AI pilots stall, with Michael Cortez, John, and Nick Smart swapping war stories from completions, geophysics, and the startup trenches while they map out how Collide Enterprise moves past basic chat...
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2025 Community Year In Review: How Collide Evolved This Year (And What's Next)
Collide basically did its own Spotify Wrapped and the punchline is simple: the community doubled, the conversations got more technical, and the team got way clearer on what Collide is now and where it’s headed. Crystal, Todd, Jacob, and Sydney walk through 2025 stats, why events evolved, how…
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Collide AI 2025 Wrapped Part 2: Scaling AI From Proof of Concept to Production
Catching yourself rereading last year’s VC emails while you’re back in Silicon Valley is a pretty good way to realize how wild the last 12 months have been. Colin, Chuck, Canisius, and Todd break down how Collide AI is turning fast POCs into real production workflows, why change management is the...
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Landmen React to Landman TV Series - Season 2, Episode 3 & 4
H2S gets the Hollywood treatment, and let’s just say reality has some thoughts. The crew tears into how *Landman* portrays one of the oilfield’s most dangerous hazards, separating legit risks from TV-level exaggeration based on real-world experience. Along the way, the conversation veers into...
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Landmen React to Landman TV Series - Season 2, Episode 2
Chuck, Matt, Gates, and Boar got together to unpack “Landman” Season 2, Episode 2, and it turned into the perfect mix of oilfield therapy session and comedy hour, calling out the ridiculous drilling logic, roasting Cooper’s disastrous money moves, and laughing through the show’s dramatic family...
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Cloud vs On-Prem Compute & Data Security with Bill Arend (Microsoft) & Canisius Rozario (Collide)
Bill Arend from Microsoft and Canisius Rozario, CTO of Collide, talk through the messy reality of deploying AI in oil and gas—why most E&Ps have gone all-in on cloud, how data security actually works when you're not training models on customer data, and why multi-cloud strategies are dying out....
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Real world AI use cases with Todd Bush (Collide)
Todd Bush, COO of Collide, walks through real-world AI use cases beyond the hype—how operators are automating routine tasks like production alerts, capturing tribal knowledge before the crew change wipes it out, and optimizing capital deployment for equipment placement. He breaks down the...
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Drilling Down on Data with Bobby Neelon & John Kalfayan (Collide)
Bobby Neelon and John Kalfayan from Collide break down the messy reality of getting data ready for RAG, why PDFs are dumpster fires for unstructured data, how extraction changes depending on whether you're dealing with drilling surveys or handwritten logs, and why chunking strategy matters more...
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Collide Case Study Well Search & Regulatory Filing Automation with Buck Crum (Winn Resources) & Michael Cortez (Collide)
Buck Crum from Winn Resources talks through how production ops runs lean and why that makes AI tools critical for smaller operators. He breaks down using Collide for well search to pull operational histories in seconds instead of burning a third of his day hunting through documents, and where he...
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Collide Case Study Marketing Contracts with Aurian Norouzi (Kraken Oil) & Nick Smart (Collide)
Aurian Norouzi from Kraken Oil & Gas walks through how they're using Collide to stop manually hunting through gas gathering agreements buried in file folders. He breaks down the acreage dedication problem, how they're automating stripper well applications to North Dakota, and why building...
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Case Study LifesAIver Initiative with John Argo (Continental Resources) & Chuck Yates (Collide)
John Argo, asset manager at Continental Resources, breaks down the groundbreaking LifesAIver initiative, a multi-company effort to use AI for preventing workover rig fatalities. He walks through how six operators and service companies pooled data to create AI tools that give crews personalized...
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Landmen React to Landman TV Series - Season 2, Episode 1
Demi Moore storms into *Landman* Season 2 like she owns the place, instantly shaking up the oil patch with a leadership style that’s equal parts steel and swagger. The tension snaps from the jump, boardrooms turning into battlegrounds, wildcatters taking big swings, and Cooper somehow leveling up...
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How Collide Turned 500 Hours of Regulatory Filing Into Minutes With AI
AI is shaking up oil and gas in all the best ways, and Todd Bush from Collide breaks it down like few can. He and Chuck dive into how automation is tackling tedious processes, think regulatory filings like W-10s and G-10s, and how AI is streamlining data extraction for mineral revenue statements....
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ProFrac STARS 2025 with Matt Wilks & Seismos
Real-time frac data isn’t some future concept, it’s here, and it’s changing the way completions get done. Chuck Yates sat down with folks from ProFrac and Seismos to break down how AI, automation, and acoustic sensing are turning traditional fracking on its head. Matt Wilks and Panos Adamopoulos...
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From Frac Engineer to Building the Data Infrastructure AI Actually Needs
This episode is packed with big-picture energy talk and some seriously nerdy (but fun) data breakdowns. John Kalfayan from collide. and Chuck start with what’s really happening in oil and gas today before shifting into the challenges of putting AI to work in the field. From there, things get…
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From Podcasting About Startups to Building the Palantir of Energy
AI isn’t just a buzzword here, it’s reshaping how oil and gas gets work done. Collin McLelland breaks down what he’s building at collide, from tackling the nightmare of legacy systems to creating smarter, vertical AI tools that actually fit the industry. He and Chuck swap stories on why community...
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Biomanufacturing the Future of Energy
Cemvita is taking microbes and turning them into an entirely new playbook for energy and manufacturing. Chuck sat down with CEO Moji Karimi and BioWell’s Paul Palmer to talk about how biology, AI, and genomics are teaming up to replace petrochemicals with bio-based alternatives. We’re talking...
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Why can’t the energy industry simply ‘Drill Baby Drill’ anymore?
Why can’t the energy industry simply ‘Drill Baby Drill’ anymore? Chuck Yates and guest Roe Patterson, Managing Partner at Marauder Capital, break it all down in this insightful episode of the Chuck Yates Needs A Job Podcast. From falling rig counts and oil market challenges to the impact of...
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HR Nightmares & Dating Policies
Office flings, awkward disclosures, and dating policies gone sideways, Janell Zeug, Founder & CEO of P3 HR Solutions, unpacks the real stories that made HR sweat, including the infamous Coldplay incident. This episode is full of the kind of workplace drama that forces companies to rewrite the...
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Inside the Global Uranium Market with Eric Keller
Nuclear is back, baby! But there’s a catch: the world is hungry for uranium, and we're running short. Turns out, countries like China, India, and Saudi Arabia aren’t waiting around, they’re ramping up reactors faster than you can say "energy crisis." Small Modular Reactors (think mini but mighty)...
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Keith Behrens & Brad Nelson from Stephens
Family offices are rolling into the energy game in a big way, and Chuck sits down with a couple of guys who’ve been right in the thick of it. We’re talking old-money families, London power players, and some seriously savvy strategies, like continuation vehicles, that are flipping the script on...
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Stephen Trauber and Aon
Energy deals are popping off left and right, and it’s shaking up the whole industry, so I grabbed a few friends who know the game better than anyone to talk shop. We broke down why all these mergers keep happening, how creative insurance strategies are giving companies more wiggle room, and where...
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Nikki Morris from TCU
She went from pre-med dreams to rocks and rigs and didn’t stop climbing. Nikki’s path took her from being the first in her family to graduate college to running the Ralph Lowe Energy Institute at TCU, with stops along the way in oilfields, private equity boardrooms, and global energy hubs. This...
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How Environmental Credits Are Changing Oil & Gas Forever
Think emission credits are just for tree huggers and big corporations? Think again, there’s serious money on the table, and most folks in oil and gas, manufacturing, or even landfill operations don’t even realize it. We're talking \$300K-a-ton kind of money. This episode pulls back the curtain on...
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Lessons from Building a $38 Billion Company
Petrohawk wasn’t just another company, it flipped the whole shale game on its head, and we’ve got the guys who lived it telling the real story. From throwing out the old playbook and betting big in the Haynesville and Eagle Ford, to building a culture where collaboration actually meant something,...
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this Australian city was bombed more than pearl harbor
Chuck gets the real story behind one of the wildest chapters in Australian history, the 1942 bombing of Darwin, where more bombs were dropped than on Pearl Harbor, and the government kept it all under wraps. Mark Monaghan spills some jaw-dropping details: how the Tiwi Islanders warned of the...
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Andrew Bowman from Jupiter Power
Jupiter Power is shaking up the Texas energy game with massive battery storage projects, and we got the inside scoop straight from the top. From wrangling too much wind power in West Texas to running nine projects that pump out 1,500 megawatt-hours a day, they’re proving storage is the real MVP…
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Blair Garrou from Mercury
AI is flipping the script on venture capital, and Blair Garrou has a front-row seat to the transformation. Chuck Yates sits down with the Mercury VC partner to talk about how AI is slashing startup costs, reshaping investment strategies, and fueling a new era of lean, high-impact teams. From...
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Betrayal Shrink
Betrayal hits different when you're a guy, especially when nobody's talking about it. This episode cracks open that silence with the "Betrayal Shrink," a therapist who’s been through it himself and now helps other men navigate the gut-punch of infidelity, shame, and heartbreak. We’re talking…
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Carbon Capture Gate
Chuck stumbles into one of his most unhinged stories yet, something about a Russian defector named Kitcha, some midnight phone calls, a secret energy weapon, and oh yeah… Greta Thunberg might be Putin’s biggest problem? It’s part spy thriller, part geopolitical fever dream, and 100% classic Chuck...
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The Jones Act: America's $333M Shipping Problem
The Jones Act has been messing with American shipping for over a century, driving up costs, stifling competition, and forcing bizarre workarounds, like Hawaii importing oil from Africa instead of Texas. Chuck sits down with Colin Grabow from the Cato Institute to break down how this outdated law...
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Biden vs. Trump Breakdown
Biden vs. Trump on energy policy, it’s a full 180°, and the oil and gas industry is feeling every bit of the whiplash. Chuck Yates sits down with Anne Bradbury, CEO of AXPC, to break down the shifting regulatory landscape, the battles over federal permits, and what it all means for America’s…
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The Election's Impact on the Oil & Natural Gas Industry NAPE 2025
AI is hungry, like, really hungry, for energy, and with data centers popping up everywhere, the oil and gas industry is right in the middle of it. Live from NAPE Houston 2025, Chuck Yates unpacks what AI’s exploding power demand means for the grid, why natural gas might be the unexpected MVP, and...
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Mobius Risk Group
Natural gas, AI, and the future of energy, sounds like a wonky mix, but trust us, this one's worth a listen. Chuck sits down with the crew from Mobius Risk Group to break down why natural gas is the unsung hero behind AI’s growing power demands, how energy markets are shifting under the weight of...
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The Hard Truth About Houston's Ecosystem
Houston’s energy scene isn’t just about oil and gas, it’s a wild world of startups, big ideas, and the uphill battle of getting funding in an industry built on tradition. Jason and Nada from Energy Tech Nexus join Chuck to talk about what it really takes to build an energy tech company in this...
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Nuclear Energy Needs a Serious PR Makeover
Nuclear energy needs a serious PR makeover, and who better to brainstorm than Chuck Yates and Gabriella Hoffman? Gabriella’s an energy policy pro, an outdoor enthusiast, and a storyteller who knows how to cut through the noise. She and Chuck swap ideas on how to make nuclear cool again, think...
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Leslie Warren
Leslie Warren once thought she’d be auditing fashion brands, but somehow, she ended up in oil & gas and she wouldn’t have it any other way. From her days as an accounting student at Texas A&M to navigating IPOs and acquisitions, Leslie’s journey is anything but predictable. She shares how she…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Chuck Yates Got A Job with Chuck Yates. You've now found your dysfunctional life coach, the Investor Formerly known as Prominent Businessman Chuck Yates. What's not to learn from the self-proclaimed Galactic Viceroy, who was publicly canned from a prominent private equity firm, has had enough therapy to quote Brene Brown chapter and verse and spends most days embarrassing himself on Energy Finance Twitter as @Nimblephatty.
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