Emergent: The AI Powered App Building Platform That Attracts Investment

Emergent is an AI powered app building platform that has successfully raised $23 million in Series A funding, spearheaded by Lightspeed. This round also saw contributions from Together Fund, Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures, and notable investors such as Jeff Dean, Devendra Chaplot, and Balaji Srinivasan. With this recent funding, Emergent’s total investments have reached $30 million, following its initial $7 million seed round supported by Y Combinator and Together Fund.

Plans for Expansion and Innovation

Based in Bengaluru, the startup intends to bolster its workforce, enhance research and development efforts, and scale on a global level, particularly by establishing a new hub in Palo Alto to strengthen its presence in North America.

About Emergent’s Unique Offering

Founded in 2025 by Mukund Jha and his brother, Emergent provides a subscription-based platform that enables users to create applications quickly and scale them without the need for developers, large teams, or prior technical knowledge. The platform takes care of everything, from user interface screens and logins to payment processing and backend server management. This is made possible by a team of automated AI agents that handle coding, testing, and launching applications in real-time.

Impressive Milestones Achieved

Since its launch, Emergent has made remarkable progress, claiming to have generated $15 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) within just 90 days. With over one million users, more than 1.5 million applications have been created globally using the platform. The startup has attracted a variety of clients, including a Michigan-based jewellery retailer that developed a pricing management system across 50 stores, small businesses modernising inventory management, and founders launching innovative consumer-facing applications like electric vehicle marketplaces.

Industry Trends in App Development

In a related development, Rocket, another app building platform that transforms natural language into ready-to-use applications, has also raised $15 million in seed funding, with major backing from Salesforce Ventures and Accel.