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Trace

Context-aware orchestration between humans and AI.

Y CombinatorSummer 2025ActiveB2BProductivitySaaSB2BProductivityEnterprise Software

What they do

Problem

Teams struggle to orchestrate work across systems with shared context and to decide which workflow steps can be automated by AI versus requiring human input without engineering support.

Solution

A visual workflow orchestration platform that shares context across tools and coordinates AI agents with human-in-the-loop steps, automatically routing tasks to AI or humans.

Who it's for

Non-technical business teams at organizations that run cross-system processes and want to build and operate AI-plus-human workflows without engineers.

Founders

Tim Cherkasov
Founder

Co-founder and CEO of Trace. Former product manager at Copper, a digital asset custodian, where he delivered an institutional offering for State Street. Fintech background across hedge funds and scaleups as a data scientist. Built startups since 17 in retail tech, travel, and web3.

Artur Romanov
Founder

Co-founder and CTO of Trace. Former senior engineer at Deliveroo who built the grocery data-enrichment ML pipeline (millions of items, thousands of retailers). Multi-time founder; led backends in logistics and finance, and deployed workflow automation across engineering and ops.

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