Meet Paces, the startup building the largest permitting and power-availability dataset in the United States — enabling developers, data-center builders, and renewable-energy players to move faster than ever.

From automating 80%+ of the energy-development workflow to unlocking hidden power on the grid, Paces is quietly shaping trillions of dollars worth of energy infrastructure.

00:00 – Why America Has 28,000 Permitting Jurisdictions

01:12 – How Paces Began: The Origin Story

03:40 – Early Problems in Renewable Development

06:30 – Why Paces Joined YC

08:55 – Building the Largest Permitting Dataset in the US

11:20 – Scraping, Cleaning & Using LLMs for Zoning Laws

14:05 – Finding Power on the Grid (and why it got harder)

16:50 – Transformer Shortages & Multi-Million-Dollar Deposits

19:40 – Data Centers vs Utilities: The New Reality

22:15 – Can Clean Energy Actually Power AI?

24:30 – Solar + Batteries vs Gas vs Nuclear for Speed

27:00 – The True Bottleneck: Capital & Supply Chain Timing

29:10 – How Startups Can Innovate in Energy Hardware

32:45 – The One-Person Billion Dollar Power Company

36:00 – Automating 80% of Energy Development

38:10 – Future of Energy, AI & Infrastructure

40:00 – How to Contact Paces / Hiring

The Electric Slide

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Rho

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Public

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James McWalter

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Nichole wischoff

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This Startup Is Powering the Trillion-Dollar Energy Infrastructure Boom

The Nichole Wischoff Podcast

This Startup Is Powering the Trillion-Dollar Energy Infrastructure Boom