What Happened to Clockwise?

Clockwise, founded in 2016 by Mike Grinolds, Matt Martin, and Gary Lerhaupt, emerged as a prominent AI-powered calendar assistant aimed at tackling the pervasive issue of fragmented workdays and meeting overload. The company's core offering revolved around its intelligent automation engine, which optimized team schedules to create uninterrupted 'Focus Time' blocks for deep work by automatically rescheduling flexible meetings to less disruptive slots.

Early on, Clockwise secured significant venture capital, demonstrating investor confidence in its mission. After a Seed round in April 2017, it raised an $11.3 million Series A in June 2019, followed by an $18 million Series B in June 2020 led by Bain Capital Ventures. This funding fueled product expansion, including the launch of 'Clockwise for Teams' to enhance collaboration for remote workers. By January 2022, Clockwise had successfully raised a $45 million Series C round led by Coatue, bringing its total funding to $76 million. At this point, the platform was already trusted by over 10,000 organizations, including major players like Netflix, Twitter, and Atlassian.

Throughout 2024 and 2025, Clockwise continued to evolve its product, enhancing its AI capabilities and expanding integrations. Key developments included improved flexible meeting optimizations, the introduction of an AI assistant named Prism for natural language commands, and the beta launch of its integration with Microsoft Outlook, complementing its long-standing Google Calendar support. The company reported creating over 8 million hours of Focus Time and moving 23 million meetings to better times for its growing user base, which had expanded to over 40,000 organizations by late 2025.

The most significant turning point came in March 2026, when Clockwise announced that its team would be joining Salesforce. This acquisition, while not disclosed in terms of financial details, marked the end of Clockwise as a standalone product. The company stated that its product would no longer be available starting March 27, 2026. The rationale behind the move was to integrate Clockwise's expertise in building 'agentic software' into Salesforce's 'Agentic Enterprise' vision, aiming for a broader impact.

As of March 19, 2026, Clockwise is in its final days of operation. The company has communicated to its users that all product functionality will cease on March 27, 2026, and all user data, including calendar preferences and scheduling links, will be deleted shortly thereafter. Customers with prepaid subscriptions extending beyond this date are eligible for prorated refunds. The acquisition by Salesforce represents a strategic pivot, with the Clockwise team now focused on contributing to Salesforce's future AI initiatives rather than continuing to develop their independent calendar optimization platform.