AI InfrastructureGreater Houston

Collide

AI Infrastructure · Houston, TX

Collide is an AI infrastructure company purpose-built for the energy industry, headquartered in Houston, TX. Co-founded by former oil roughneck Collin McLelland, it builds domain-specific AI systems that integrate into complex engineering and commercial workflows for oil and gas. The company launched its RIGGS AI platform in 2026 to reshape oil and gas operations.

Founded

Region

Greater Houston

Portfolio

People

About Houston

Houston sits on the Gulf Coast with a ship channel that made it the country's energy capital, and NASA's Johnson Space Center put human spaceflight operations there too — two industries that don't usually share a city. Rice University and the University of Houston anchor the research side, and the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world by size, makes health tech a third pillar most people don't expect to find alongside oil and space.

Region Stats

Total firms 38

VC / investors 7

Companies 26

Schools 5

Known For

Energy

Space

Health