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Salesforce has hired the team behind calendar startup Clockwise to join its Agentforce organization, but did not acquire Clockwise’s technology or product. Clockwise CEO Matt Martin and cofounder Gary Lerhaupt — now vice president of product architecture for Agentforce — are joining the Salesforce effort to build agentic software and agent interoperability. Clockwise will shut down its scheduling service on March 27, guide users to rival Reclaim (which is offering price matching), and delete user data; Salesforce says it will not have access to that data. The move adds engineering talent to Salesforce’s AI-focused Agentforce push and signals consolidation of AI expertise even as standalone consumer scheduling tooling winds down.

Clockwise, a calendar optimization and scheduling tool, said it has been acquired by Salesforce and will shut down “next week,” according to a brief announcement thanking users. The company said it served 40,000 organizations and claimed impact metrics including 8 million hours of “Focus Time” created and 23 million meetings rescheduled. No financial terms, exact shutdown date, or details on how Clockwise’s product or team will be integrated into Salesforce were provided in the text. The move matters for Clockwise customers because it signals an imminent service discontinuation and potential migration needs, and for Salesforce because it suggests continued interest in productivity and calendar-related workflow capabilities, though the announcement does not specify future plans.

Clockwise, a calendar productivity startup, has been acquired by Salesforce and will shut down next week, according to a Hacker News post linking the company announcement. The move transfers Clockwise’s assets and team to Salesforce while discontinuing the standalone product and service. Users and customers face imminent service termination and must migrate or export data; employees gain financial security but may be integrated into Salesforce. The acquisition reflects Salesforce’s ongoing consolidation of calendar and time-management tools and broader trend of large incumbents absorbing niche productivity startups—sometimes ending the acquired product—highlighting risks for users of smaller SaaS tools and the shrinking independent market for pre-AI-era productivity apps.

We'd like to thank the 40,000 organizations who made time for what matters with Clockwise See more See less We're so grateful we could help. Together we made your calendars better, to the tune of: 8 million hours of Focus Time created 23 million meetings rescheduled From the whole team, thank you!