Collide is a community-driven knowledge sharing platform for the energy industry.
An exclusive hub where thousands of engineers, geoscientists, and field operators discuss specialized technical information.
Collide AI
"Perplexity for the Energy Industry"
Our Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) helps energy professionals find information quickly from energy-specific content in the Collide Knowledge Base backed by authoritative sources.
Collide AI Enterprise
Energy companies are deploying our RAG internally on their proprietary data.
This is helping their employees quickly find the information they need across thousands of documents, leading to massive efficiency gains across the workforce.
We're Building a Deep Moat in AI
Collide Knowledge Base
Our knowledge base is enriched by a community-driven approach, aggregating user-generated content, alongside a curated mix of public, licensed, and privately acquired data sets.
Network Effects
Our community is deeply engaged and made up of subject matter experts at energy companies.
This network solves for distribution, feedback and content to improve our AI, and gives us brand loyalty over big tech.
Switching Costs
Enterprise software in the energy industry is extremely sticky and difficult to replace once implemented.
Energy is a $1.5 Trillion Industry
Represents one of the largest markets in the world.
Drivers for growth include:
- High-performance computing for Artificial Intelligence and Bitcoin Mining
- Electrification and Automation
- Emerging nations
- Space colonization and manufacturing
$1B Revenue Opportunity
65 Million Energy Workers Globally
This will grow to 100 million by 2050.
8 Million Energy Workers in the U.S.
$1B Potential Revenue
4 million American energy workers in the United States in Collide's direct market at a projected ARPU of $250.
What Our Community Has to Say...
Our Team Has Deep Domain Expertise
Collin McLelland
Cofounder, CEO
15 years in oil and gas operations and tech
Todd Bush
CTO
- 20+ years in energy and software
- Texas A&M, Information and Operations Management
- Rice University, MBA
Kevin Roe
VP Sales
- Formerly Oracle—Global VP of Sales, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- 25 years in tech sales
- University of Colorado Boulder, Finance
John Kalfayan
PM/Data Engineer
- 15 years in oil and gas operations and tech
- University of Arkansas, Mechanical Engineering
- University of Tulsa, Master's Energy Business
Julie McLelland
Cofounder, Head of Growth
6 years in tech marketing ops/growth
Jonathan Scheiner
CFO
- 17 years in energy investment banking and corporate finance
- University of Miami, Economics and Finance
Stephen Huey
Lead Dev
- 20 years in software development and energy
- Rice University, Computer Science
Frank Perez
AI Advisor
- 25+ years in data/machine learning and helping oil and gas companies utilize the technology
- Advisory board member, department of computer science at University of Houston
We're Backed by the Biggest Names in Energy
Chuck Yates
Investor
Managed Kayne Anderson’s
$6.5B energy fund
Allen Gilmer
Investor
Founded Enverus
Sold for $4B
Brett Pennington
Investor
CEO, Ensign Resources
Sold for $3B
David Wesson
Investor
Founder GeoDynamics
Sold for $500mm
Diamondback
Investor
$34B oil and gas co.
ProFrac
Investor
$1B oilfield services co.