{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energy Bytes","title":"Collide AI 2025 Wrapped Part 1: Why Forward Deployed Engineers Ship When AI Pilots Fail","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/84d8a39a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2882,"description":"Collide AI 2025 Wrapped Part 1 turns into a real talk on why forward deployed engineers win where AI pilots stall, with Michael Cortez, John, and Nick Smart swapping war stories from completions, geophysics, and the startup trenches while they map out how Collide Enterprise moves past basic chat tools into search plus workflows that actually hold up in the real world.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n00:00 Setup and intros\n 00:45 Michael’s path and joining Collide\n 01:59 Nick’s background and role shift\n 03:08 Collide Enterprise vs community\n 04:16 Search, RAG, and workflow evolution\n 06:31 Why out of the box AI falls short\n 08:41 Time savings and real work focus\n 11:39 Single source of truth vision\n 13:16 Small teams scaling bigger assets\n 17:18 AI adoption vs past tech hype\n 19:26 Digital transformation missing link\n 20:20 Why FDEs make pilots work\n 23:36 Biggest learnings this year\n 31:52 What’s next in 2026\n 38:57 Bold predictions for 3 to 5 years\n 47:37 Fine tuned models teaser and wrap\nhttps://twitter.com/collide_io\nhttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io\nhttps://www.facebook.com/collide.io\nhttps://www.instagram.com/collide.io\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_io\nhttps://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters\nhttps://app.collide.io/content/RprbJAD ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KU-rritAkNfd5EDWr8dy4miPzznveey9CXz1zVQDRXc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZGMz/NDQxNzEwNTFjZDU3/NmQ4ZmI3ZDU1ZTQ2/Y2U4Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}