Emergent
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About
Emergent is an AI application-building platform headquartered in Bengaluru, India, with an additional office in San Francisco 12. The company was founded in June 2025 by brothers Mukund Jha (CEO) and Madhav Jha (CTO), and publicly launched a year later 12. Emergent lets non-technical users describe an app in natural language and generates production-grade software — handling deployment, hosting, testing, and debugging — a category the press has termed “vibe coding” 123. Mukund Jha describes the platform as “an engineering team in a box” for founders, small businesses, and internal enterprise builders 1. According to the company, more than 12 million applications have been created on the platform since public launch 12.
On 2026-07-15 Emergent announced a $130 million Series C at a $1.5 billion post-money valuation — a roughly fivefold jump from its previous round four months earlier — making the company a unicorn approximately a year after its public launch 123. The round was led by Creaegis, with participation from new investors MNI Ventures / Claypond and Sentinel Global, and returning backers Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator 123. Total funding to date is approximately $230 million 1.
Disclaimer: This is a lean profile built from initial round coverage and may be expanded as more information becomes available.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | Series C | $130M | Creaegis | MNI Ventures / Claypond, Sentinel Global, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, Y Combinator 123 |
The Series C values Emergent at $1.5 billion post-money and brings total funding to approximately $230 million 12.
What Investors Say
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What Founders Say
“It’s like having an engineering team in a box.” — Mukund Jha, Co-Founder & CEO, Emergent, quoted in TechCrunch, July 15, 2026 1
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Manish Singh, “Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C,” TechCrunch, July 15, 2026. Accessed July 15, 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/indian-ai-coding-startup-emergent-becomes-a-unicorn-just-over-a-year-after-launch/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Duncan Riley, “Emergent emerges as the latest AI unicorn after raising $130M in funding,” SiliconANGLE, July 15, 2026. Accessed July 15, 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/15/emergent-emerges-latest-ai-unicorn-raising-130m-funding/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Emergent becomes a unicorn after $130M Series C, following UK expansion plans,” Tech Funding News, July 15, 2026. Accessed July 15, 2026. https://techfundingnews.com/emergent-130m-series-c-unicorn-vibe-coding/↩↩↩↩