# Kais Khimji

> Kais Khimji is the co-founder and CEO of Blockit AI, an autonomous calendar-scheduling agent that negotiates meeting times over email and Slack. A former six-year partner at Sequoia Capital and Harvard alum, he revived a student-era idea about why calendars don't talk to each other, raised a $5M seed led by Pat Grady at Sequoia, and now serves more than 200 companies including Brex, Together.ai, Rogo, a16z, Accel, and Index.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Blockit AI
- **Organizations:** Blockit AI, Sequoia Capital (former), Insight Partners (former)
- **Education:** Undergraduate, Social Studies (Politics, Philosophy, Economics), Harvard University
- **Known for:** Raised $5M seed for Blockit AI led by Sequoia Capital, Six-year partner at Sequoia Capital, Built Blockit to 200+ paying companies including Brex, Together.ai, Rogo, a16z, Accel, Index

## Career timeline

- **~2015** — While a student at Harvard, sketches an early version of the scheduling idea that will become Blockit.
- **Pre-2019** — Works at Insight Partners as a growth-stage investor.
- **2019** — Joins Sequoia Capital as a Partner in November.
- **2020** — Builds a prototype of Blockit and forces friends, including Haystack's Aashay Sanghvi, to schedule with it.
- **2022** — Serves as Board Observer for Clipboard Health and other Sequoia portfolio companies including Grafana Labs.
- **2025** — Leaves Sequoia, gets engaged, and co-founds Blockit AI with John Han (ex-Timeful, Google Calendar, Clockwise).
- **2026-01** — Blockit publicly launches with $5M seed led by Pat Grady at Sequoia; Accel and Haystack participate.

## Achievements

- Raised $5M seed for Blockit AI led by Sequoia Capital
- Six-year partner at Sequoia Capital
- Built Blockit to 200+ paying companies including Brex, Together.ai, Rogo, a16z, Accel, Index
- Recruited founding team from Retool, Waymo, and Notion
- Board Observer roles at Grafana Labs and Clipboard Health during Sequoia tenure

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Blockit AI exits stealth with a $5M seed led by Sequoia's Pat Grady.
- **2026-01** — TechCrunch profiles Blockit; pricing announced at $1,000/yr individual and $5,000/yr team.

## Links

- Website: https://blockit.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kais-khimji
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/kaiskhimji

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Last updated: 2026-06-30