Texas woke up to a blue wave, and Ryan Yang, cofounder and CEO of GridPilot, joins John and Bobby to talk about what it means for data centers and the grid. Ryan breaks down the years long interconnection grind, why power engineers are stuck on decades old software, and how AI can turn months of modeling into days without taking the engineer’s stamp out of the loop. Plus game theory, copycat hackathon projects, vertical foundation models, and a low pass over Manhattan in a single prop.
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0:00:00 Intro and Election Night Fallout
0:03:28 ERCOT's 200 GW Data Center Queue
0:06:18 Meet Ryan and GridPilot
0:08:29 How the Grid Actually Works
0:11:07 The Interconnection Process
0:13:42 From Data Science to Energy
0:16:34 Game Theory
0:19:40 Copycat AI Models
0:21:50 Vertical Foundation Models
0:26:24 Why Tech Outsiders Struggle in Energy
0:31:17 Ryan's Path Through Utilities
0:35:29 Domain Expertise Over Software Skills
0:37:40 Agents and the Future of Work
0:43:58 Data Security and the PE Stamp
0:50:24 Learning a Business Through Its Data
0:53:15 Fundraising and RE+
0:54:52 Private Jets and Learning to Fly
0:59:10 Flying Over Manhattan
1:01:01 Why Pilots Fear Flying
1:03:58 Where to Find Ryan
https://twitter.com/collide_ai
https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io
https://www.instagram.com/collide.io/
https://www.facebook.com/collide.io/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai
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0:00:00 Intro and Election Night Fallout
0:03:28 ERCOT's 200 GW Data Center Queue
0:06:18 Meet Ryan and GridPilot
0:08:29 How the Grid Actually Works
0:11:07 The Interconnection Process
0:13:42 From Data Science to Energy
0:16:34 Game Theory
0:19:40 Copycat AI Models
0:21:50 Vertical Foundation Models
0:26:24 Why Tech Outsiders Struggle in Energy
0:31:17 Ryan's Path Through Utilities
0:35:29 Domain Expertise Over Software Skills
0:37:40 Agents and the Future of Work
0:43:58 Data Security and the PE Stamp
0:50:24 Learning a Business Through Its Data
0:53:15 Fundraising and RE+
0:54:52 Private Jets and Learning to Fly
0:59:10 Flying Over Manhattan
1:01:01 Why Pilots Fear Flying
1:03:58 Where to Find Ryan
https://twitter.com/collide_ai
https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io
https://www.instagram.com/collide.io/
https://www.facebook.com/collide.io/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai