AJ Jain
AJ 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 KetkarAdi KetkarAdi 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 Jain.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 who began his career at AdobeAdobeAdobe (Adobe Inc.) is a software company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. Known for PostScript, PDF and creative software such as Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and After Effects, it moved its main creative products to Creative Cloud subscriptions from 2013 and expanded into digital marketing and generative AI; it is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker ADBE.Open the full entry; his previous affiliations include EdMad and DelOr.[1]
He is the first engineer in a family of business owners on both sides, and met Aditya (Adi) Ketkar at BITS Pilani in 2016.[2]
Both are alumni of the BITS Pilani Goa campus.[3]
2021–2023Telematica
In 2021 he and Ketkar founded Telematica, a Bengaluru-based mobility startup offering an API and data platform for electric vehicles.[4]
In 2023 Telematica launched on Product Hunt a universal API for electric vehicles and distributed energy devices, with integrations covering more than 50 manufacturers; he took part in the launch as co-founder.[5]
2024Turning to the Trades
In January 2024 he and Ketkar arrived in San Francisco.[2]
They say they had spent three years on electric-vehicle infrastructure before visiting about 140 Bay Area trades businesses.[6]
September–December 2025: Trade Podcasts
In September 2025 he appeared on the home-service podcast Born For The Trades, discussing building Broccoli with contractors and arguing that AI is not only for large companies.[7]
In December 2025 he appeared as CEO of Broccoli on the Accelerated HVAC Success Podcast, discussing AI voice agents for HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractors.[8]
October 2026Funding
On October 28 Broccoli announced $52 million in Series A and B funding, led by Khosla VenturesKhosla VenturesKhosla Ventures (KV) is an American venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, the founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It made heavy early bets on clean technology, became OpenAI’s first venture capital investor in 2019, and its portfolio also includes companies such as DoorDash, Block (formerly Square), Impossible Foods, and Rocket Lab.Open the full entry.[9]
Company: Broccoli Profile
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 CEO and Ketkar as CTO; the company describes itself as an “AI-native operating system for home service businesses.”[10]
The company lists offices in San Francisco, Lehi in Utah, and Bangalore in India.[11]
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- Telematica (opens in a new window)
- Telematica: Universal API for EVs and energy hardware devices (DERs) (opens in a new window)
- A Letter of Thanks to Our Customers (opens in a new window)
- From the Trenches to Tech: AJ Jain's Mission to Revolutionize the Trades with AI (opens in a new window)
- How Broccoli is Transforming the Trades (opens in a new window)
- Broccoli Raises $52M Led by Khosla Ventures to Help Home Services Businesses Book More Jobs and Keep Customers Coming Back (opens in a new window)
- Broccoli AI (opens in a new window)
- Broccoli AI (opens in a new window)