Built by engineers who know
what downtime costs.
Talisman was founded by a team of petroleum engineers, AI researchers, and field operators who saw firsthand how much production was lost to static, decades-old control logic.
Founding milestones
Founded in Okmulgee, OK. Initial pilot deployment on a single gas well in southeastern Oklahoma shows 34% volume lift in 90 days.
Closed seed funding. Expanded to 50 wells across three Oklahoma operators, logging 4.2 million edge inference hours.
Launched Talisman Edge Module v2. Expanded production routes across the Appalachian Basin and Permian assets.
Crossed 500 active well deployments. Opened corporate operations headquarters in Houston, TX.
Released multi-well fleet optimization algorithms. Launched custom Industry 4.0 automation product lines.
Operation guidelines
Mission-Critical First
We only build AI for environments where failure has real consequences — production losses, safety incidents, regulatory exposure. Consumer-grade reliability is not acceptable here.
Edge-Native Architecture
Our systems are designed to operate autonomously in the field, with or without cloud connectivity. Intelligence lives at the point of control, not in a distant data center.
Operator in Control
Autonomous does not mean opaque. Every AI decision is logged, explainable, and overridable. Operators retain full authority — the AI augments, not replaces, their judgment.
Field-First Engineering
Our engineers spend time in the field, not just in product sprints. Every feature is tested against the messiness of real well behavior before it reaches production.
Leadership Terminal
Waleed Nasir
Chief Product Officer / CEOInventor of a self-learning, self-optimizing, AI plungerlift optimization system which helps oil & gas operators increase production, improve cycle efficiency, and reduce operational overhead.