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Known for these resultsRole25%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 25% 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.Bio75%Bio coverage: 75% 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-company50%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 50% of these rows have at least one match.School25%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 25% of these rows have at least one match.
- Charles BaiFounder · PacesS22Industrials · New York
- James McWalter@james_mcwalterFounder · PacesS22Industrials · New York
- Julie Wallock@JWall_LynnFounder; COO · Charge RunningW21Consumer · Chicago
- Rory Graman@rorygramanFounder · Charge RunningW21Consumer · Chicago
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Charles BaiPacesFounderSummer 2022IndustrialsNew York, United States48—James McWalterPacesFounderSummer 2022IndustrialsNew York, United States48https://x.com/james_mcwalterJulie WallockCharge RunningFounder; COOWinter 2021ConsumerChicago, United States3https://x.com/JWall_LynnRory GramanCharge RunningFounderWinter 2021ConsumerChicago, United States3https://x.com/rorygraman
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James McWalter
Founder·Paces
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size48
BatchSummer 2022
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
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.
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-foundersCharles Bai
