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Working With Energy Companies Is Hard (But Being One Might Be Harder)
Jory Schwach
Andium Founder & CEO
Working with energy companies is hard. Regulations, risk, legacy systems, it’s a complex ecosystem where change moves at the speed of trust.
But being an energy company? That might be even harder. You’re tasked with delivering the world’s most vital commodity while transforming how it’s produced, cleaner, faster, safer, without missing a beat.
At Andium, we’ve spent years living in that tension. We build technology that helps operators see, measure, and manage their assets in real time, from detecting methane leaks to monitoring tanks and flares, using edge-based vision, sensors, and AI. But the real work isn’t just technical; it’s human.
That’s why we’ve made a habit of being “first through the wall” with operators, not because we love headwinds, but because we believe in progress through partnership.
Jory Schwach, CEO of Andium, and Areije Al Shakar, CEO of BeVentures.
When we met Bapco Energies, we recognized something rare: an operator innovating from the inside out. They didn’t come to us because they had to; they already have the technology, the imagination, and the people. They came to us because they know real transformation takes collaboration.
Trying to do it all alone is a bit like when Uber tried to build its own self-driving car, bold, clever, and a little like reinventing the wheel (pun intended). The energy transition doesn’t need more lone inventors; it needs strong partners working from both sides of the fence.
That’s the approach Aramco Ventures and Climate Investments saw early. They took big bets on Andium before “digital transformation” was fashionable. They understood that solving industrial problems takes more than sensors and software; it takes empathy for the people running the operations, and persistence to stick with them through the messy parts.
Now, with Bapco Energies joining that coalition, not just as an investor, but as a collaborator, we’re proving that innovation in energy isn’t about disruption for its own sake. It’s about evolution, helping great operators become even greater through better tools, better visibility, and better data.
Because this industry doesn’t change overnight. It changes when good people, ours and theirs, decide to build something better, together.
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