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Paces

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Energy demand is skyrocketing, and renewable energy is the most scalable path forward. But today’s development process can’t move fast enough to meet global goals. Paces exists to change that. We are building AI agents, software and services to accelerate power and data center deployment and lower costs - unlocking one of the greatest opportunit

Founded 2022Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Energy demand is skyrocketing, and renewable energy is the most scalable path forward. But today’s development process can’t move fast enough to meet global goals.

Paces exists to change that. We are building AI agents, software and services to accelerate power and data center deployment and lower costs - unlocking one of the greatest opportunities of our time: transforming how infrastructure gets built and ensuring it’s built with renewable energy.

Paces automates early-stage due diligence and provides the expertise to accelerate late-stage diligence, fast-tracking projects from siting to construction-ready. Our platform supports renewable energy and data center developers, real estate firms, and more by streamlining siting, interconnection, and permitting. With Paces, teams can de-risk decisions, shorten timelines, and get more renewable energy projects built.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Product & workflow

Find the right sites faster, assess feasibility with world class data, and track progress across your entire project pipeline with software built to compress your workflow.

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Customers & use cases

Paces helps energy infrastructure teams find viable sites, de-risk development, and get to power faster.

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Founders & team

Previously Paces AI

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

James McWalter

Founder

I’m the co-founder and CEO of Paces. Originally from Ireland, previously I was the founder of Hale, a personal training marketplace and held senior roles at Google acquired ML startup Hello Vera, B2B marketplace Respondent and fintech giant FactSet.

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Charles Bai

Founder

Charles is the co-founder and CTO of Paces. Before Paces, Charles worked on large model inference and led AI efficiency at Meta AI. Prior to that, he built data-intensive software solutions at various different startups. Charles is based in New York and holds a CS degree from Cornell University.

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48team members reported
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