{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Nichole Wischoff Podcast","title":"This Startup Is Powering the Trillion-Dollar Energy Infrastructure Boom","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/da0cbd58\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1711,"description":"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.\n\nFrom 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.\n\n00:00 – Why America Has 28,000 Permitting Jurisdictions\n01:12 – How Paces Began: The Origin Story\n03:40 – Early Problems in Renewable Development\n06:30 – Why Paces Joined YC\n08:55 – Building the Largest Permitting Dataset in the US\n11:20 – Scraping, Cleaning & Using LLMs for Zoning Laws\n14:05 – Finding Power on the Grid (and why it got harder)\n16:50 – Transformer Shortages & Multi-Million-Dollar Deposits\n19:40 – Data Centers vs Utilities: The New Reality\n22:15 – Can Clean Energy Actually Power AI?\n24:30 – Solar + Batteries vs Gas vs Nuclear for Speed\n27:00 – The True Bottleneck: Capital & Supply Chain Timing\n29:10 – How Startups Can Innovate in Energy Hardware\n32:45 – The One-Person Billion Dollar Power Company\n36:00 – Automating 80% of Energy Development\n38:10 – Future of Energy, AI & Infrastructure\n40:00 – How to Contact Paces / Hiring\n\nThe Electric Slide\nhttps://www.notboring.co/p/the-electric-slide\n\nRho \nWebsite - https://www.rho.co/\n\nPublic\nWebsite - https://public.com/\n\nJames McWalter\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmcwalter/\n\nNichole wischoff\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholewischoff/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/z6FKzAz7OPycDWz7mqcSseCBVR1WM20qrJciEzt8RyE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MDAz/OGFlYzc1ZjFmMTZh/OGMxZDcwMTgzZjVj/Y2ExOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}