Adi Ketkar
Adi Ketkar (Aditya Ketkar) is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Broccoli, an AI software company that provides AI voice agents and other tools to the trades. He previously co-founded the electric-vehicle API company Telematica with AJ JainAJ JainAJ Jain (Abhishek Jain) is the co-founder and CEO of Broccoli, a San Francisco-based AI software company that provides AI voice agents and other tools to home-service businesses such as HVAC and plumbing contractors. He previously co-founded the electric-vehicle API company Telematica with Adi Ketkar.Open the full entry.
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Early Life: Education and Early Career
He describes himself as a computer science graduate of BITS Pilani’s Goa campus who did research at the Computer Vision Center of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and worked at MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft is a technology company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, with businesses spanning Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, enterprise software, artificial intelligence, gaming and devices.Open the full entry before co-founding Telematica.[1]
He and AJ Jain are both alumni of the BITS Pilani Goa campus.[2]
2021–2023Telematica
In 2021 he and Abhishek (AJ) Jain founded Telematica, a Bengaluru-based mobility startup offering an API and data platform for electric vehicles.[3]
When Telematica launched on Product Hunt in 2023, he commented as co-founder that its API simplifies connections to electric vehicles and energy devices from more than 50 manufacturers, emphasizing security, scalability and performance.[4]
The business took the pair to London, where they signed eight customers in two years; Jain said they could not scale it.[5]
Company: Broccoli
Broccoli AIBroccoli AIBroccoli AI is an artificial intelligence software company serving plumbing, HVAC, electrical and other home-service businesses. It provides call answering, booking and customer follow-up tools. Founded by Abhishek (AJ) Jain and Aditya Ketkar, it is based in San Francisco.Open the full entry is part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 batch, with him as co-founder and CTO.[6]
He describes his work there as building voice agents for the trades.[1]
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- Aditya Ketkar (opens in a new window)
- aj jain (opens in a new window)
- Telematica (opens in a new window)
- Telematica: Universal API for EVs and energy hardware devices (DERs) (opens in a new window)
- Meet the baby boomer whose life changed when 2 Gen Z AI founders walked into her plumbing business. She became their first COO (opens in a new window)
- Broccoli AI (opens in a new window)