Paces
Solar Energy · Energy & Utilities
8open roles
$220kmedian advertised pay
$1.9Mlatest round · Venture round · Jun 2022 · 4 yr ago
4backers · Y Combinator, Navitas Capital
Overview
Paces accelerates renewable energy infrastructure by de-risking projects from Day 1. Our platform helps developers cut timelines, lower costs, and maximize megawatts per site. Explore how Paces streamlines permitting, interconnection, and site selection for faster, smarter clean energy deployment.
How Paces hires
Truth index
D 46/100
Ghost roles
90%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Paces scores D on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 10 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 90% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Funding and backers
Total raised
$1.9M
1 round on record
Latest round
$1.9M
Venture round · Jun 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
10
open roles
Backers
4
Y Combinator, Navitas Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
53 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jun 2022 | $1.9M | — | forbes.com |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Paces AI Inc. | its site |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$220k
Typical range
$50k – $300k
Open positions
9
8
Jobs
Middle
50%
Senior
12.5%
Staff
12.5%
Architect
25%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 4 | $220k | $200k – $220k |
| Senior | 1 | $160k | $160k |
| Staff | 1 | $170k | $170k |
| Architect | 2 | $275k | $250k – $300k |
Highest paying role
VP of Product
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Paces
By role, level and city, against the market · 9 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
2
H-1B filings in 12 months
$133k
Median offered salary
10
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Database architects
1
Other engineers
1
In the register as Paces AI Inc., Brooklyn, NY
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Apr 20, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
26/100
Slowing
Open positions
10
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
127 days
faster than 9% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Product
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: United States
Oct 2026
Financials
Total raised
$1.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | $1.9M | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Paces over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
21
Postings analysed
12
Stack modernity
72/100
Languages
Python50%
SQL33%
MATLAB8%
C++8%
Frameworks & libraries
LangGraph17%
OpenAI Agents SDK17%
LangChain17%
PostGIS17%
Databases
PostgreSQL17%
DuckDB8%
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21 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
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Same group
Paces StgStrong
paces-stg.webflow.io
| Evidence | Value | Source | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Same legal entity runs both sites | Pro plan | legal page | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Same legal entity named on both sites | Pro plan | legal page | Sep 26, 2026 |
Confidence 0.95
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Navitas CapitalVia a fund
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York
United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff