{"id":"1793748518974-tech-segment","slug":"broccoli-ai-raises-fifty-two-million","title":"Broccoli AI raises fifty-two million","summary":"Broccoli AI, a San Francisco startup that sells AI agents to plumbing, HVAC and electrical businesses, raised $52 million across a $22 million Series A and a $30 million Series B. Both rounds were led by Khosla Ventures, with Y Combinator and Operator Partners participating. Fortune reported Broccoli is valued at about $300 million post-money. The company says more than 1,500 businesses use its platform, it has handled more than 10 million customer conversations, and it has booked 2.5 million appointments. Revenue has tripled since the Series A, and headcount has grown from 15 to more than 150 people.\n\nHome-service contractors often miss calls after office hours and struggle to follow up on estimates. Broccoli's AI agents answer inbound calls, book jobs directly into scheduling software, renew service memberships and chase open estimates. The company says its AI does work equivalent to roughly 30% of a typical contractor's office staff.\n\nBroccoli AI raised $52 million across a $22 million Series A and a $30 million Series B, both led by Khosla Ventures, with Y Combinator and Operator Partners participating. Fortune reports the company is valued at about $300 million post-money.\n\nInfisical raised a $40 million Series B at a $600 million valuation led by Elad Gil, with Y Combinator, Gradient Ventures and other investors participating.\n\nInfisical announced a $40 million Series B led by Elad Gil, describing the round as building security infrastructure for the AI era.","publishedAt":"2026-11-03T23:28:38.974Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Broccoli AI raised $52 million across a $22 million Series A and a $30 million Series B, both led by Khosla Ventures, with Y Combinator and Operator Partners participating. Fortune reports the company is valued at about $300 million post-money.\nSource: [fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2026/10/28/broccoli-ai-funding-khosla-ventures-marcelle-flowers-plumbing-gen-z-founders/) NAMES: Broccoli AI = San Francisco s (https://x.com/fundable_ai/status/2115843603914252565)\n\nTRUE: Infisical raised a $40 million Series B at a $600 million valuation led by Elad Gil, with Y Combinator, Gradient Ventures and other investors participating.\nSource: [infisical.com](https://infisical.com/blog/series-b) NAMES: Infisical = open-source secrets-management and security infrastructure startup; Elad Gil = tech inve (https://x.com/TradedVC/status/2115498732749738452)\n\nTRUE: Infisical announced a $40 million Series B led by Elad Gil, describing the round as building security infrastructure for the AI era.\nSource: [infisical.com](https://infisical.com/blog/series-b) NAMES: Infisical = open-source security infrastructure startup; Vlad Matsiiako, Tony Dang and Maidul Islam  (https://x.com/menlotimes/status/2115386958130336012)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Broccoli AI raised $52 million across a $22 million Series A and a $30 million Series B, both led by Khosla Ventures, with Y Combinator and Operator Partners participating. Fortune reports the company is valued at about $300 million post-money.","sourceName":"[fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2026/10/28/broccoli-ai-funding-khosla-ventures-marcelle-flowers-plumbing-gen-z-founders/) NAMES: Broccoli AI = San Francisco s","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/fundable_ai/status/2115843603914252565","claim":"@call_broccoli has raised $52M across a $22M Series A and a $30M Series B, both led by @khoslaventures (@SamirKaul1), with @ycombinator and Operator Partners. Broccoli is a San Francisco company that sells AI agents to home service businesses, including HVAC, plumbing, https://t.","author":"fundable (@fundable_ai)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Infisical raised a $40 million Series B at a $600 million valuation led by Elad Gil, with Y Combinator, Gradient Ventures and other investors participating.","sourceName":"[infisical.com](https://infisical.com/blog/series-b) NAMES: Infisical = open-source secrets-management and security infrastructure startup; Elad Gil = tech inve","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/TradedVC/status/2115498732749738452","claim":"Infisical raised $40 million in a Series B round at a $600 million valuation, led by Elad Gil, with participation from Y Combinator, Gradient Ventures, and other investors. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Chris","text":"A plumbing shop in Sacramento just became an AI company's secret weapon."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Secret weapon? That sounds like a very expensive phone tree."},{"host":"Chris","text":"fundable posted on X that Broccoli AI raised fifty-two million, reportedly across two rounds."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I checked Fortune: about three hundred million valuation. The post also says Khosla Ventures led both rounds."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The founders walked into a plumbing shop, and the owner, Marcelle Flowers, became their first COO."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"So their pitch is 'we'll handle calls,' and the customer came aboard? Either brilliant or a red flag."},{"host":"Chris","text":"She knows what a missed call costs. After hours, a clogged drain doesn't wait for Monday."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Neither does a flooded basement. If the AI mishears the address, that's someone's house."},{"host":"Chris","text":"They're not dispatching trucks; they're booking the job into scheduling software."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"They say it does the work of thirty percent of office staff. That's not just phones—that's people."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Small shops can't afford a receptionist at midnight. This keeps them from losing jobs to big chains."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And what happens when it renews a service membership without explaining the price? I don't trust that."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The company says it has already booked two and a half million appointments, and that revenue tripled since the Series A."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Scale doesn't mean good. Comcast books millions of appointments, too."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Oh, come on—no, wait—you're comparing a plumbing scheduler to a cable monopoly?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm saying a chatbot that answers the phone is not the same as a human who knows the customer's house."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But the human's not there half the time! That's the whole point. The AI answers every call."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fine. I'll grant you it's useful after hours. But thirty percent of office staff? I need that audited."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The company says fifteen hundred businesses are using it now. It's not a pilot."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And how many of those are still hiring office staff? That's the real test."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Why is it bad if a small shop gets more jobs with fewer missed calls?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Because if the AI is wrong, the owner can't put the AI on a performance plan."},{"host":"Chris","text":"No, they just turn it off and answer the phone themselves."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Maybe. But I've seen enough AI agent demos that work great until the fourth turn in the conversation."},{"host":"Chris","text":"This one's not a demo; it's generating revenue for plumbing shops. That's real."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'll give you revenue. I'll hold the applause on replacing office staff."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I'm not saying it's a people replacer. But it's a tool, and small shops need tools."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"A tool now valued at three hundred million. The hype is real."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Khosla wouldn't write the checks if it were just a phone tree."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Different world entirely: another raise, but for security infrastructure."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Traded and Menlo Times both posted that Infisical raised forty million at a six hundred million valuation."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The post reportedly names Elad Gil as lead. Open-source tools for managing secrets, certificates, privileged credentials."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And open-source means developers can actually see if it's garbage."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Six hundred million is still a lot for a startup that basically manages passwords."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It's more than passwords. Every cloud breach is a leaked credential or a secret in code."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"True. And the AI era makes it worse: every agent needs permissions. Maybe they timed this well."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's exactly my point. Security gets boring until it fails."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fair. I'll take boring security over another chatbot."},{"host":"Chris","text":"One more from London: Tarique Sha posted on X that Easol raised about twenty-seven million euros."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"If the post is right, their total would be fifty-three point six million, and it names Y Combinator and Tiger Global as backers. I couldn't confirm those numbers."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The post says they do commerce for festivals, with Coachella and Stagecoach as clients."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's a claim from the post. If true, experience commerce is becoming a real category."},{"host":"Chris","text":"After live events came back, people want to book the whole trip, not just the ticket."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Okay, but we're not calling it a done deal until the company confirms."},{"host":"Chris","text":"We'll see which one of these actually ships."}]}