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Known for these resultsRole73%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 73% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio100%Bio coverage: 100% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company100%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 100% of these rows have at least one match.School73%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 73% of these rows have at least one match.
- Jimmy WeiFounder/CEO · IncidentFoxW26B2B · San Francisco
- Zakaria El hjouji@zakariaornotFounder/CEO · OvershootW26B2B · San Francisco
- Lucas Mantovani@lrmantovani_Founder/CEO · VelvetF25B2B · San Francisco
- Alex XiFounder/CTO · NOSO LABSS25Industrials · San Francisco
- Kartik Sarangmath@kartiksmathFounder/CTO · OmnaraS25B2B · San Francisco
- Alireza Mohammadshahi@alireza_mshiFounder · LeerooX25B2B · London
- Majid YazdaniFounder/CEO · LeerooX25B2B · London
- Ruoni WangFounder/CEO · OpenSightW23B2B · San Francisco
- Charles BaiFounder · PacesS22Industrials · New York
- Tullie Murrell@tulliemurrellFounder/CEO · ShapedW22B2B · New York
- Oleksii Sidorov@acecreamuFounder · SuggestrW22B2B · Singapore
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Jimmy WeiIncidentFoxFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Zakaria El hjoujiOvershootFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/zakariaornotLucas MantovaniVelvetFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/lrmantovani_Alex XiNOSO LABSFounder/CTOSummer 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States6—Kartik SarangmathOmnaraFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/kartiksmathAlireza MohammadshahiLeerooFounderSpring 2025B2BLondon, United Kingdom3https://x.com/alireza_mshiMajid YazdaniLeerooFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BLondon, United Kingdom3—Ruoni WangOpenSightFounder/CEOWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Charles BaiPacesFounderSummer 2022IndustrialsNew York, United States48—Tullie MurrellShapedFounder/CEOWinter 2022B2BNew York, United States25https://x.com/tulliemurrellOleksii SidorovSuggestrFounderWinter 2022B2BSingapore, Singapore2https://x.com/acecreamu
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Charles Bai
Founder·Paces
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size48
BatchSummer 2022
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
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.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Paces
Agentic AI for Power Projects and AI Infrastructure
Co-foundersJames McWalter@james_mcwalter
