# Jamie Cuffe

> Jamie Cuffe is the New York-based founder and CEO of Pace, which builds AI agents for insurance operations. A Princeton computer science graduate, he co-founded Cheer, acquired by Retool in 2020, and later led self-serve and new products at Retool. He founded Pace in 2024; the company announced a $46 million Series B in May 2026.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Pace
- **Organizations:** Pace, Retool, Cheer, Sequoia Capital, Princeton Entrepreneurship Club, IgniteSTEM
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Science; summa cum laude, Princeton University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cheer and sold it to Retool in 2020., Led self-serve and new products at Retool., Founded Pace, whose publicly named customers include Prudential, WTW, Palomar and Convex.

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Discussed his work at Sequoia and former co-directorships of IgniteSTEM and SVTT in a Princeton Entrepreneurship Club interview.
- **2019** — Co-founded data-integration startup Cheer.
- **2020** — Cheer was acquired by Retool; Cuffe joined Retool.
- **2022** — Authored Retool Mobile and Retool Workflows launch posts.
- **2023** — Appeared on Building With AI as Retool’s head of new products and self-serve.
- **2024** — Founded Pace; Sequoia lists its initial partnership year as 2024.
- **2026-01** — Pace announced $10 million in funding led by Sequoia.
- **2026-05** — Pace announced a $46 million Series B co-led by Thrive Capital and Sequoia.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cheer and sold it to Retool in 2020.
- Led self-serve and new products at Retool.
- Founded Pace, whose publicly named customers include Prudential, WTW, Palomar and Convex.
- Pace announced $56 million across its January and May 2026 funding announcements.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Pace published engineering details about its self-improving extraction agent on September 15.
- **2026-08** — Pace introduced loss-run collection and certificate-of-insurance workflows.
- **2026-07** — Pace launched Tempo, its insurance-focused agent builder, on July 20.
- **2026-05** — Cuffe announced Pace’s $46 million Series B on May 27.

## Links

- Website: https://withpace.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiecuffe
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jamiecuffe

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Last updated: 2026-10-25