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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jake Castillo, a 30-year-old cofounder at Cal AI, an AI-powered nutrition and food tracking app, based in California. Business Insider has verified the financial claims mentioned in this artical. This story has been edited for length and clarity. Right after my master’s, I worked in management consulting, and hated it. I immediately looked for something I’d hate a lot less that would pay a comparable salary.I joined an AI startup part-time after I saw its founder’s post on Twitter about scaling his business. At the startup, we got a high school…

In May, Andrew Chen couldn’t stop thinking about the ticking clock. He was just weeks away from earning his computer science degree from the University of California San Diego — and still didn’t have a job lined up.Then a glimmer of hope landed in his inbox: an email from Amazon inviting him to interview for a software engineering role in 10 days. He knew he couldn’t waste the opportunity, so he made a plan: hole up in his room to study — and document his preparation for the big day on TikTok to hold himself accountable.”I canceled all my social…

An aerial view of Chevron crews attempting to extinguish a large fire and explosion that occurred at Chevron Refinery in El Segundo Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesA huge fire broke out on Thursday night at a Chevron jet fuel production unit in California, one of the largest refineries on the U.S. west coast, following reports of an explosion.No injuries were reported from the incident at the El Segundo plant, Chevron said on Friday, with the U.S. energy major’s fire department personnel and emergency services “actively responding” to the situation.It was not immediately…

Iraq could ramp up its crude oil exports by some 250,000 barrels daily as it saves this amount from local consumption with the help of several solar power projects.Zawya reported the news, citing a government official, who said that “Iraq consumes nearly a quarter million bpd of crude oil for energy use…switching to renewable energy will save this quantity.”“This will allow Iraq to export more crude and boost revenues…switching to renewable energy is a significant step, but it does not mean Iraq will shift away from fossil fuels,” Abdul Baqi Khalaf, an advisor at the Iraqi oil ministry, also said.Solar…

Global LNG bunkering volumes could surpass 4 million tons by end-2025 and double by 2030, said Jo Friedmann, senior vice president of supply chain research at Rystad Energy.Demand for liquefied natural gas as a marine fuel will at least double by 2030 as abundant supply and rising emissions regulations spur orders for ships that can run on it, industry executives said. Massive LNG export projects in the US and Qatar are expected to cause a supply glut by 2030, reducing prices and improving its competitiveness against conventional and more-polluting fuel oil.LNG is pulling ahead of other fuels in decarbonising shipping,…

Japan’s JERA Co. Inc. has completed the decommissioning of Anegasaki Thermal Power Station Units 5 and 6, Sodegaura Thermal Power Station Unit 1, Chita Thermal Power Station Unit 5, and Hirono Thermal Power Station Unit 2. In a media release, the company said that the power capacity decommissioned totals 3,254 megawatts (MW). JERA said it is replacing aging thermal power generation with state-of-the-art units, ensuring a stable supply of electricity over the long term. The aim is to achieve a decarbonized society, JERA said. JERA said that since the financial year (FY) 2020, it has carried out 7,310 MW of…

Shell is preparing to start production of liquefied natural gas from the second train at its installation in British Columbia, set to boost the total output from the facility by 6.5 million tons.The news comes as unnamed sources told Reuters this week that Shell and its partners at LNG Canada were still having trouble ramping up output from the first train of the facility. Train 1 has been having technical difficulties since June, the Reuters sources told the publication, which has meant it was operating at less than half of its capacity, which is also 6.5 million tons annually.The publication…

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Repsol SA and Enagas Renovable SA have given the go signal for a 100-megawatt (MW) electrolyzer project to produce up to 15,000 metric tons a year of renewable hydrogen in Cartagena, Spain. Expected to start production 2029, the Repsol-led project will provide “feedstock to manufacture essential products with a lower carbon footprint, marking a significant step forward in its roadmap to replace conventional hydrogen with renewable hydrogen at its industrial sites”, Repsol said in a press release. Part of Murcia’s Hydrogen Valley, the Cartagena project “includes the possibility that, in the future, the renewable hydrogen can be fed into the…

EIG Global Energy Partners’ MidOcean Energy said it has entered into definitive agreements to invest in Petroliam Nasional Bhd’s (Petronas) Canadian businesses, including by acquiring a stake in the recently fired up LNG Canada. “The transaction includes a 20 percent interest in the North Montney Upstream Joint Venture (NMJV), which holds Petronas’ upstream investment in Canada, and a 20 percent interest in the North Montney LNG Limited Partnership (NMLLP), which holds Petronas’ 25 percent participating interest in the LNG Canada project”, MidOcean said in a statement on its website. With a capacity of 14 million metric tons per annum (MMtpa) from two…