Collin McLelland 🏴☠️
@FracSlap
I used to roughneck in the oilfield. Now I build startups in the energy industry. MMA/Grappling
Announcing our $5 million seed, led by Mercury Fund, to bring AI to the energy industry. It's time to power the world.
Reasons Houston is a shit hole: - most energy companies HQ'd there - largest medical complex in world - two major airports - largest shipping port in the U.S. - melting pot of diversity - unbeatable food scene - beautiful women - lots of sunshine It really sucks
I've seen a lot of things sitting in the middle of I-10, but this is my first time seeing a semi trailer.
25 minutes for a full charge while I'm in the gym working out.
this is why the collide community is application based. only real people in the energy industry.
An important kind of social network will be one where no bots whatsoever are allowed.
no one will beat us in building AI for the energy industry because of our deep domain expertise there are so many horizontal AI platforms that are toast vertical platforms with experienced teams are where the winners are i guarantee you there isn't a single AI company in…
Conoco Phillips gave me an oven mitt when I visited the north slope remembered it forever because why would they give me an oven mitt
What’s the best corporate gift you’ve ever been given?
interviewing 20 applied AI engineers this week. If you want to come work with a based company and solve real-world problems instead of making some bullshit sales or marketing agent, hit me up.
What are the best books on M&A? Two vectors I'm looking to read on: 1) Deal structures and financing 2) Operations and integration
hitting the crack pipe while doing the theft is wild
Electric wire stolen from wellsite. Thief left his goods. Down 350ft of cable and 4 BOPD. #eft #oilfield
brother, why are you wearing a hard hat with nothing above you? are you afraid of a bird shitting on your head?
That didn't work for ya did it
oh wow energy companies
Oh wow energy companies lmao
I have these hats exclusively at wildcatter house, if you come through you can get one
Evergreen tweet
The reason Houston is the best place to live is that the people who put together lists like this do not even consider it All the ambition and opportunity of globally competitive business None of the people who consider public transit essential to their lifestyle
Houston is a tier 1 city (defined as "the talent attractor") for energy. The issue is that people in tech don't even *think* about energy as an industry, even though in the age of AI it's actually the raw material they are building on. It's like the joke about looking for keys…
Why did founders fund call me and ask to put together a dinner for Ramp in Houston? Almost like this city powers the world or something 😉
There are only four tier-1 cities in the 🇺🇸: New York (finance) DC (government) San Francisco (tech) LA (media & entertainment) No other cities are power centers for aspirational talent. Sorry.
this guy is a weak negotiator. I would have got a pay raise for the bump in marketing
BREAKING: Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and chief people officer Kristin Cabot have been immediately put on leave, per Axios
I had a 1.6 GPA in high school and I'm hiring PHDs You can just do things.