Jacob Vizinat & Jason Harry from Iron Stag Advisory & Pontem Analytics

Two engineers who spent years driving innovation inside a major oil company get honest about why the offshore world will land a robot at 20,000 psi but won't swap the pen and paper. Jacob Vizinat of Iron Stag Advisory and Jason Harry of Pontem Analytics unpack the corporate immune system, why the real value lives in the rock, the black magic of flow assurance, and how the right advisor can turn a single pilot into a real shot for energy tech founders.Click here to watch a video of this episode.Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward.Apply today at collide.ioClick here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Intro00:46 Meet Jacob and Jason02:34 Life as a petroleum engineer05:55 Driving innovation inside a major operator08:26 Trading pen and paper for iPads11:35 The corporate immune system16:20 Why the value lives in the rock26:32 Flow assurance and black magic32:46 How short-term thinking kills innovation36:00 Building advisory firms after the merger38:35 Drones, robots, and the rare orchestrators46:31 What it takes to go offshore48:00 Reading the 2025 market53:25 Why founders avoid the gold mine56:02 Advice for early stage founders1:01:12 Where to find themhttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai