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BITS Pilani alumni-founded Broccoli AI raises $52 million from Vinod Khosla's Khosla Ventures

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BITS Pilani alumni-founded Broccoli AI raises $52 million from Vinod Khosla's Khosla Ventures

Broccoli AI, a San Francisco-based startup founded by BITS Pilani alumni AJ Jain and Aditya Ketkar that builds AI agents for plumbers, electricians and other home-service businesses, has raised $52 million across its Series A and Series B funding rounds.

Khosla Ventures led both rounds, with participation from Y Combinator and Operator Partners. The two rounds were completed nine months apart.

Prior to this, the startup had raised $1.5 million in seed funding after going through Y Combinator. It will now use the funding to accelerate hiring and expand its AI capabilities across the customer journey.

“We are short on plumbers, electricians and HVAC technicians, and the ones we have spend their nights on paperwork. Software should have solved that long ago. With Broccoli, AI does the office work, and skilled trades workers get back to work only they can do,” said Samir Kaul, founding general partner at Khosla Ventures.

Broccoli's AI agents answer customer calls, book appointments, follow up on estimates, renew service memberships and re-engage past customers for home-service contractors.

The startup serves businesses across sectors such as HVAC, roofing, solar, plumbing, pest control, electrical work, garage door repair and residential cleaning. Its platform also integrates with software already used by contractors, including ServiceTitan, Salesforce and Housecall Pro.

Broccoli claims that over 1,500 home-service businesses use its platform and that its agents have handled more than 10 million customer conversations and booked 2.5 million service and sales appointments.

The startup has also expanded into roofing, pool care, garage doors and exterior home improvement.


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