Chuck Yates Got A Job

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90% of the Oil Is Still in the Ground. This Is the Technology Built to Get It.

90% of the Oil Is Still in the Ground. This Is the Technology Built to Get It.18 mrt20 min

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 shape, Jon shares what he's building, what wakes him up at 4am, and why the biggest unlock might still be the 90% of oil we haven't touched yet.

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0:00 - Intro and Jon's background

1:30 - How Collide has evolved since Jon joined

4:00 - Agent hierarchy explained

6:10 - The hard part: taking AI from POC to production

9:30 - Auditable search and why citations matter

10:00 - What Jon is most proud of